You can now preorder the fastest MFT lens ever released: The new Handevision 40mm f/0.85 for $2079 at BHphoto (Click here). Not really a cheap lens 🙂
The lens is already in Stock in Europe via [shoplink 46482 ebay]German eBay Store (Click here)[/shoplink]. Image samples can be seen at http://www.handevision.de/en/impressions/.
And these are the last hours of deals on Olympus lenses. here are the links (with other Panasonic/Sigma/SLRmagic lens deals included):
$100 off on the 12-40mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$80 off on the 14-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 9-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$30 of on the 19mm f/2.8 ART at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$30 of on the 30mm f/2.8 ART at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 Hyperprime Cine Lens,II Micro Four Thirds (MFT) Mount at Adorama.
SLR Magic 17mm T1.6 Lens Micro Four Thirds Mount at Adorama.
$100 off on the Panasonic 12-35mm X lens at Adorama and BHphoto.
Leica Nocticron got a $100 off at Amazon, Adorama and Bhphoto.
$100 off on the Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8 Lumix G Vario Zoom Lens at Amazon, Adorama and Bhphoto.
13 Responses
I hate how they’re trying to cash in on the rise of mft camera sales. I’ll get a speed booster and a 1.4 lens before I pay this much money.
With a great f/1.4 lens one seems to get great f/1.0 results: http://diglloyd.com/blog/2014/20140611_2139-SonyA6000-SpeedBooster-Sigma50f1_4.html
Is anyone actually going to buy this lens? The wide open samples are terrible, far worse than what I’ve seen from the SLR Magic 50 0.95 and the Leica 42.5 1.2. Seems like a case of making it for the bragging rights rather than asking it useable for actual images.
i prefer to wait for more samples instead of the few site samples I saw. Can you enlighten me to which samples you are referring? Eveything depends on the photographer imo.
Also quite couriuos how you can figure out about IQ based on some dowsampled – and BTW nice-looking – web images?
Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm f 0.95
Somebody should compare this a to Nikon or Canon MF 55 mm f/1.2 + a speed booster. Gets you the same focal length and f-stop but cheaper (and be even more compact).
i dont think speedboosters can reach 0.75 as the Metabones pdf explained..cheapest way to get faster then 1.2 is a used nokton f/1.1 50mm
You are right, I forgot that Speed Boosters are limited to f/0.9 as their maximum f-stop. Still, it provides another sub f/1.0 alternative.
Ouch, for that less than perfect look a low grade lens turbo plus fast lens may do the trick.
I think any adapter between a fast lens and the mount can be a nightmare if you should wideopen as the chance of movement at the connections (2 instead of one) makes a misfocus happen alot…This Ibelux is expensive…but so is a 300 mm f/2.8….any increment in aperture is another excuse for an exclusive price…..has always been like that in history of lensmaking.
These top and expensieve lenses are a waste of money on M43.
Wow a great, historical lens manuf for a great, underrated teeny weeny sensor. Wait underrated? Who said that?