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Meyer Görlitz new Nocturnus 35mm f/0.95 MFT lens is now in Stock and shipping at [shoplink 55975 ebay]Fotoheibel eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Compared to the early prototype versions there have been many imprvements. Here are the full tech specs:
Technical information:
Light intensity & focal length: f0,95; 35 mm
Optical design: 10 elements in 7 assembly units
Number of aperture blades: 10
Minimum focusing distance: 0,3 m
Angle of view: 46° (APS-C)
Gewicht: 680g
Optimised for APS-C sensors
Characteristics:
- Exceptional light intensity
- Ideal for low-key situations and shooting with available light
- Minimal chromatic aberration
- Well-balanced bokeh
- Near-silent aperture and focus adjustment
- Also ideal for video use
- Precise, high-quality workmanship
43 Responses
ouch. Better to buy an 42.5/.95 CV.
The “early prototype versions” looked exactly like the Chinese Zhongyi Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 lens which had been on the market for quite some time back then… I doubt that the optical design has changed since then; but then they claim the lens was assembled, adjusted and tested in Germany, which may make some difference after all. Whether it makes a difference worth three times the price is, of course, still another question. I do like the new design, by the way, but I rather won’t pay such a price for a manual lens, good or not.
Considering the price and quality of Voigtländer’s lenses for micro Four-Thirds, it’s difficult to believe that this lens is worth twice as much, even if everything was manufactured and assembled in Germany.
True. While the existing Mitakon lenses do have a good reputation, too, as far as I can see, I don’t expect the Mayer-Görlitz variations to be that much better than Voigtländer. (Of course there is no 35mm Voigtländer lens, so whoever wanted such an animal and didn’t want to get the cheaper Mitakon for whatever reason… Personally, though, I’m not really interested, either.)
All great, but how often do I need a 70mm EFL?
This is for APSC tight portraits, not much use for M43.
$2000 will also buy a Sony A7 and Zeiss 55 f1.8. Yes, shorter equivalent FL, but one of the best, sharpest lenses in existence, and attached to good quality 24mp FF sensor. And with autofocus.
I love my M43 gear, but I can’t see why anyone would pay $2000 for this lens.
This lens also isn’t designed for m43, it’s bigger and heavier than it could be.
Only worth its price if it has absolutely stellar performance.
> “Only worth its price if it has absolutely stellar performance.”
Unfortunately, the Mitakon Speedmaster 35 mm f/0.95 is not that good optically, see for instance:
http://www.lenstip.com/index.php?test=obiektywu&test_ob=441
That’s not the same lens / manufacturer.
It”s definitely the same optical formula. This one has a specific casing and its final assembly is supposed to take place in Germany but it won’t be enough to suppress all the flaws flagged by LensTip: the mechanical flaws may be, the optical ones (“unacceptable image quality near the maximum relative aperture“, “weak image quality on the edge of the frame“, “high coma“), which are linked to the optical formula, definitely not.
Oh! The exact same optics? Just a different housing? Incredible!
But wait, the optical elements don’t come from the same factory, just because the optical formula is the same doesn’t mean all lenses with this formula will have the same flaws as the Mitakon.
Or at least not until they test it.
Did not know this was just a rebrand. Thanks for pointing that out. 🙂
Wow. It’s the answer to the question that no one asked.
No thanks!
Mitakon 25 .095 is 400$… and it does not have a strange 70mm focal length: too short for portrait and too long for general use or reportage.
Well 85mm is the Canikon school of though for portait lense, but most classical rangefinder shooter like me love the 70-75mm focal lenght…
Well, I love the 70-75mm focal lenght asI learned photography with classic 35mm and 75mm Voigtlander. 75mm is a nice no too narrow field of view still allowing some interactions with your subject but yet capable of isolating well your subject.
What I realy question is the price, I would rather stick my Zeiss Planar 50mm 1.4 and a metabones speedbooster to get the same 70mm and f/0,95 for less than half what they are asking, and I can use the metabones with a variety of lenses after all…
So you can buy this! PS: 75mm it’s because rangefinders doesn’t works that good with longer focal length…
Why don’t you charge me 15,000 for it while you’re at it
Really not interested in APS hand-me-downs. I would love to see Samyang make native MFT lenses. Their 135mm f2 is of particular interest. I wonder if they could make it smaller in an MFT design.
I hope in a 7/8/9 mm even f4 but well corrected and small.
Samyang’s 7mm F/3.5 fish-eye is native. However that is the only one as far as I know.
And it’s a superb lens. Must be really popular for them. I know a lot of people with it…
Yeah, even I have one and don’t like fisheye lenses particularly. ?
+1 for the 7.5mm. Got to shoot with my brother’s on a hiking trip. Fantastic lens indeed.
Looks like an MF only lens that I doubt is better than the Noct. Might as well get the Noct and pocket the difference.
So far all the comments I read make more sense than this lens. I wonder if some day we will understand why (they think) it’s worth 1999.
Nothing but clickbait. These are rebranded Chinese Mitakon lenses. Meyer-Optik-Görlitz buys them in bulk from China, replaces the focus rings (= “assembled in Germany”), and puts them in a different box (= “fine tuned”)…
Now that depends a bit on whether this new design (completely new lens body) is Meyer-exclusive or Zhongyi-made, too, like the rest of the lens. (Even if it is Meyer-exclusive, the price difference of course it more than debatable.)
The optical design is still that of the Mitakon Speedmaster 35 mm f/0.95, only the casing is different.
It’s the same trick as the ‘Hasselblad’ Lunar and Stellar.
Yes, probably.
Does it come with an Olympus E-M1???
How do you know that it is shipping? I mean, literally, at least one of these has been shipped to buyer?
I doubt anyone bought this nonsense. eBay shows number of items sold, and this page doesn’t show anything.
Haha. Good one…
Seems they do accept offers though.
What a Mitakon retails for these days?
RRP is $799.
$500 for Useless focal length.
Optimised for APS-c……I will never ever buy any such lens. Simply buy a A6000 2hnd at 350 dollar or so. Easy doable for someone who think such a lens warrants 2000 dollars. I go for a Voigtaender instead.
Corners will be terrible on aps-c.
Silly…
someone bought the meyer-gorlitz brand, and hopes that with just a german name they can sell lenses at several times their value?
good luck for them, but we have more interesting, better and better value (and even all 3 at once) lenses for m43…
Sounds quite useless at this price and weight on m43. I mean, an FF camera and 85/1.8 are cheaper, and you’ll get Ff. A7 and MF 85/1.8 are not only cheaper but also lighter.