Mike Kobal posted that nice Panasonic GH1 + [shoplink 15659]Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95[/shoplink] test. One more video from Mike is available here: http://www.mikekobal.com/blog/?p=926
And finally Soundimagesplus posted the full [shoplink 15659]Nokton[/shoplink] review (part1 – part2 – part3). Those are some of the most interetsing statements:
– “there is some vignetting at f/0.95”
– “CA and fringing is present, but its much better than on many lenses I have.”
– “Wide open its very good, and moving through f/1.4 and f/2 the sharpness improves. I really wouldn’t have any problem using it at any aperture.”
– “I’m very happy with the colour rendition of the lens also and the contrast, all of which combine to produce nice punchy pictures”
– “Is it sharper than the [shoplink 14796]20mm f/1.7 [/shoplink] pancake? My gut reaction says it is”
I would say buy that lens if you can live with manual focus! There are three [shoplink 15659]Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens for sale on eBay (worldwide shipment)[/shoplink]
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You can also pick one up at Foto Gregor at Jungfernstieg in Hamburg, Germany for 899€. I saw it in their shop window, must have come in this week.
I am amazed by the small design. Well, it doesn’t have any real electronic parts and autofocus, so that’s probably why.
still, its pretty long size for 25 mm, its in fact longer than my nokton 50 1.1
I was taking Panasonic’s FT 25mm lens as a reference in size…
I would say buy the Pentax/Cosmicar 50mm f/1.4 C25011 at a fraction of that cost (maybe from myself, since I’m tired of the manual focus – my email is myname@mydomain – but switch .net to .org). See here for the review:
http://blog.javacorner.net/2009/08/cheap-50mm-f14-portrait-lent-for-micro.html
Excellent review, the soundimages one. If numerical tests confirm the excellence of the Voigtlander 25mm F0.95 and no wider fast lens comes out soon, I’ll surely buy one. It seems like a perfect nighttime street lens.