Well, this is certainly going to be a popular lens here! Voigtlander announced that impressive 10.5mm f/0.95 lens! There is yet no info about price and availability but I am sure quite some readers here are having a huge smile on their face!
The closest lens to the new Voigtlander is the shoplink 48366 ebay]21mm f/1.4 Leica for a bit less than $8,000 on eBay[/shoplink]!
For the record. These are the other three Nokton f/0.95 lenses:
Nokton 25mm f/0.95 ([shoplink 36580 ebay]here one Bay[/shoplink]).
Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 ([shoplink 36581 ebay]here one Bay[/shoplink]).
Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 ([shoplink 41062 ebay]here one Bay[/shoplink]).
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Whoa…
My thoughts exactly.
Where’s the Olympus 9mm?
This Voigtlander 10.5mm f/0.95 could be a great option if it doesn’t appear.
I’d rather have an f/2 or 2.8 and autofocus at a fraction of the size and for less money, but this does have appeal if not too “dreamy” wide open. And autofocus isn’t critical for something so wide.
I’m waiting too. WHERE IS IT ?
This Voigt. seems to be pretty impressive but it is a too heavy and large lens.
Use it and you won’t even feel the weight. 😉
Yes, after you use them their weight is nothing. I have the 17.5 and the 42.5, and since I have them the rest of my primes, Oly and Pana, are seldom used.
By far the best new from Photokina to me, followed by the Oly 40-150 pro
The 17.5mm hits infinity at around 5 feet, so focus is very quick and sure.
From the photo, it looks like it hits infinity at around 11 feet, so no problems.
I had a feeling that this one would have your name on it! 🙂 Or have you found another ultra wide option?
The Kowa Prominar 8.5mm f2.8 looks pretty tasty, I must say!
But, there’s just something about Voigtländer lenses that gets me. 😉
The beautiful design? The analog controls goodness? The metal construction? The rich heritage (even though it is a different company today)? The stunning speed? All of the above? I’m voting all of the above
Wow relax, it’s getting hot in here already!
Wow, that is pretty cool stuff… Still looking for a brave soldier to release a 100mm f4 macro 🙂
How many systems can you name where you can’t keep track of how many f/0.95 lenses there are?
YES! finally 21mm/1,8 equialent (DOF) but manual…
Seriously? Are you trying to say you look at DOF when considering ultra wide lenses?
he wants one blade of grass in focus and a whole mountain blurred in the background. It’s the next big trend!
I thought it’s been the trend already for many years!
Smack a metabones on this bad boy and you’re in for something.
What, f0.95 isn’t good enough?
No SpeedBooster for this puppy, it’s a native M4/3 lens!
Oh Jeeze, what was i thinking! HAHA. I’m excited I guess.
Maybe if Metabones makes m4/3 to Nikon 1 or Pentax Q adapter :D.
Joking aside, there’s simply no room for reverse teleconverter in front of this lens.
Talk about DOF, A 10.5mm lens gives lots of DOF already. This 0.95 would gives nice shutter speed for low light nightscape shot.
Such wide aperture and such a wide angle. Exotic for sure, Lots will complain it has little utility, but what about night shots and indoor shots? Sure for landscape work the aperture is probably overkill but even then there are some potentially interesting and extreme foreground, background combinations achievable with such a tool.
With today’s sensors there’s plenty of room for crop, so you can make it less wide if you want, but F0.95 is F0.95…
Yes, some fantastic opportunities for things like live music photography, getting close to a performer and showing the venue with some DOF separation and a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the action, or interior architecture, like a restaurant with sharp focus on a table setting and the rest of the room out of focus. I could use this lens a lot!
Let’s play “guess the price.”
I’m going with US$1299 at launch.
That’s my guess as well!
Cool lens…..but ….
….at that price it should have electrical contacts and focus confirmation like Zeiss does.
Yes, this would be ideal.
One thing often overlooked about electrical contacts in manual lenses is that not only is EXIF information transferable, but so is the lens’ focal length to the camera body. This works great for cameras with IBIS since the stabilization differs based on the composition the lens renders. Electrical contacts will transfer this info immediately without having the user to input everytime a lens is changed.
850 dollars. Australian ;).
999.99
fujian CCTV lens may make a cheaper version in the far future.
$1,499
What an exciting year it is for Micro Four Thirds!!
Yes , another impressive lens based on specs . But need further assessment by reviewers in department of sharpness , rendering , bokeh & resolution before any action can be taken .
If it’s anything like the other three native M4/3 Voigtländers it will be amazing.
They’ve gotten better with each release, too!
The 17.5mm and 42.5mm are my favorites.
Can’t wait for to add the 10.5mm to my quiver!!!!!
Dear god! Thanks Voigtlander. I have the 17.5mm it’s an amazing lens.
thats my dream lens! …I have AF lenses and want to use & try zonefocus now !
How sharp is the subject at .95 on the 17.5? I’ve heard incredible things about this lens.
How very exciting!!
Jeff Harris, are you happy? 😀
It looks like everyone here know him .
The greatest fan of voigtlander lenses .
Go , Jeff go , go & get it .
and he’s dangerous, and his passion is contagious, for our biggest pleasure 😀
Not until I have one!
🙁
😉
Still looking for the right wide angle lens to pair with my GX .
The current 15mm summilux is very good lens in it’s kind but it still not wide & fast enough .
I don’t mind to have a manual wide angle lens as long as it deliver .
WOOOOOW !
This seems to be a pretty impressive lens. Yes it will an expensive lens but looking at specs … wow.
Any news about upcoming Olympus lenses or new lens road map?
Especially the ultra super fast prime promised by Oly .
Perhaps the first F1.0 auto focusing lens .
Not promised, only patented.
well i will decide between this and the upcoming 7-14mm Olympus wide angle lens
I will get the Olympus 7-14 f/2.8 for few reasons.
1) it is fast enough
2) will be very sharp
3) very fast autofocus (what that focal length now needs it)
4) metadata without modification with third part chip
5) possibility to zoom little bit if required
6) weather sealement
7) completes the Pro line up in bag
But if this is sharp wide open (not likely) it is great for landscape and astronomy photography. Otherwise great for portraits.
What maniac shoots portraits at 10mm?
Very impressive on paper. I hope it lives up to expectations. That would be great for nightscapes, but it’d need to perform well wide open.
Exciting news nevertheless!
FANTASTIC! This is great!
I’ve been hoping for something like this.
I’d have thought they’d do a 12mm, but 10.5mm is SO much better!!
What about the price? When will it ship?
Awesome!!!!!
(We’re starting to see some real advantages of small sensors here.)
+1
Super Hipster!
Wow. This is pretty amazing, guys. M4/3 as a system really is an embarrassment of riches…
…If you’ve got the riches. (I don’t. It’s embarrassing).
I agree, such an exciting system to be invested in. Heroic line-up of lenses from Voigtlander.
We had better start saving…
now it’s time to plan an 90/0.95 😀
Don’t you mean a 95/0.95?
Wow! This made up for all Photokina disappointments. One lens to rule them all! What an addition to m4/3 lineup! There’s no equivalent in any other system!
Indeed. Can someone come up with a lens roadmap of all existing and announced native m43 lenses, just to show off? And then, well, why not just add the ones that can be adapted as well. 😉
Well, Nikon did just announce a 20/1.8, and Sigma had (has?) one as well, though I was never a fan of that one and sold it not long after going FF.
That is a mean lookin’ lens, i like the angular style. You can use the Voightlanders as their own complete system now.
Well done, Voigtländer! 🙂 This lens is not for me, but I’m happy for all you UWA guys!
Do Voigts support focus peaking on the E-M1 and GX7?
no electical contacts…there is not even metadata…nothing…as far as I know.
It would be nice.
I use the LensTagger plug-in to add lens data to EXIF in Lightroom.
Okay, it’s an extra little step, but doable.
Yes
That has nothing to do with the lens. Just assign a button for that.
So with this lens mounted to a MFT, focus peaking (and magnification if set up) will not appear when the focus ring is adjusted?
When you put the camera in manual focus mode (which the GX7 and probably other cameras do automatically when it doesn’t detect an electric lens) the peaking always shows
work with all lens, legacy or natives. Just need a camera that support focus peaking (e-p5, e-m10, e-m1, gx7, g6, gh4, gm1, gm5, e-pl7)
yes (again). it does (on my voigt 25 and em1)
W-H-E-N-?
Fantastic! Now we just need the tilt/shift version of this lens 🙂
I’ve been waiting for such a solution for a looooong time but I doubt we’ll see anything close to that before the more mainstream lens line up is completed. At first I thought of taking m43 sensor size as an advantage and adapt FF or MF lenses for T/S operation (larger image circle=more freedom) but now that Olympus has come up with sensor shift technology (derived from their IBIS) for native lenses, maybe that won’t be neccesary and this lens might serve as a WA T/S natively. Hopefully Olympus puts that tech into their PEN range as well, I’m not going to buy an E-M1 solely for 1 feature.
Zeiss Tevidon 10mm will still pi$$ all over this…..
Especially if it is leaking oil from its ancient iris blades. 🙂
You’re joking.
These 4 are a fantastic quartet.
BTW, 17.5/10.5 is about 1.7.
25/17.5 is 1.43
42.5/25 is 1.7 again.
They might do well making a 12.5mm and 35mm versions (although 35mm exists from somebody else if I am not mistaken).
what’s 1.7 and 1.43?
Also haven’t got a clue.
The ratio of the focal lengths 🙂
Ratios between the focal lengths.
I’d love to see some pictures. This is really interesting.
Next year, 67.5MM F0.95? 🙂
hell yes
Yes!
Then 100mm!!!
Exactly at what size and weight is the fine line crossed…?
800g
🙂
if Voigtländer produces a stellar f0.95/100mm for under 800g, I’ll be in awe.
as i said before, i would like to see 90/0.95 😀 let’s dream!
And just like that, a new OMD EM1 was sold.
Jaw -> floor. Instant buy once this hits the stores.
Next one please mr K: a remake of your uber fantastic Apo Lanthar 125mm macro ? Pretty please ?
Hope this will be great at 0.95 and astro photography will love it!
Agreed. Great lens for m4/3 users who want to do astrophotography and get improved results.
astro photographie? you mean just for the sky? Don’t you expect to get soft Corners and high vignetting, if used wide open?
It probably will not be perfect because it wont be optimised specificaly for astro conditions but rather optimised for general use.
It will be sharp I am pretty sure. Hiw much aberatiions and coma will there be, we’ll see.
Manual lens is also better for astro or fireworks cause you have good infinity ficus limit.
A must have for me!.. Damn G.A.S.
That thing is just friggin’ amazing. The venerable F3 and the AiS 20/2.8 used to be my street setup back in the 90ies. Time for an UWA prime revival on the E-M1.
If the lens stands by its name – muchas, muchas gracias Voigtländer!
Ummm….wouldn’t the voigtlander 21mm f1.8 be closer than the Leica 21mm f1.4?
Is this a native m4/3 lens, or is it adapted from APS-C or FF?
Native.