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[shoplink 14974]Zeika[/shoplink] is a Japanese Optical brand name combined with “Zeiss”s “Z” and “Leica”s “eica” part (ingenious). It’s a product made in the 1960’s providing the same lens to the US brand, Carl Meyer and Nighthawk.
Zeika Nominar on the E-P1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chachahavana/3900002705/in/photostream/
Zeika Nominar on the G10: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leiss/sets/72157620574119065/detail/
You can find one single lens on [shoplink 14974]eBay right now (Click here)![/shoplink]
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I’m all for cool lenses, but I get the same effect on my $30 CCTV lens as this thing, which is currently at $1300 on that eBay site.
I’ve got this one a year ago, well, the lens seems usable. But the nearest focus distance is one meter, a little bit hard for me to use.
And the aperture is wide-open, it has dark corners.
However, this is a cheap choice for the replacement of Angenieux M1 25mm F0.95 or Soligor one.
I spend $600 dollar for it, though.
Does anybody have any experience with this lens? Can’t find any information on it but the seller claims it can be mounted on a GF1 or E-P2 using an adapter. How much faster is a f/0.85 compared to f/0.95? I wish I had the money to try it out, the bokeh on that thing looks pretty nice.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apollo-High-Speed-25mm-f-0-85-Lens-C-Mount-angenieux-/230509347143?pt=Camera_Lenses
Nice someone has finally shown us interesting samples of a C-mount lens at F0.95, but …
Sharpness is noticeably lower near the edges even at 2 Mpx.
It vignettes a bit even if you shoot at 16:9 ratio, although that’s not a problem for night shots.
I’d like to see some Schneider Xenon 25 mm F0.95 samples ( considered to be the best fast C-mount lens ) and from that Apollo 25mm F0.85.
Thanks for sharing.
In my opinion, the Lens 25mm/F0.95 is not sharp, but a little bit fanscinating bokeh. That’s why I keep Zeika, stop chasing the Angenieux 25/0.95.
Actually I have other F0.85 Lens, believe me , that’s hard to focus, even with enlarging function.
Noktor wild come by a 25mm soon, maybe F o.95 also.
Here is a site with the cheapest regular price for a 25mm 0.95 C-mount. They have this lens $100 or more less than competitors:
http://www.surveillent.com/senko-advanced-components-vfa2595h-1-manual-25mm-f0-95.aspx
Like most of them there will be vignetting, but its a fraction of the cost of some of the old 16mm ones.