This is the fastest lens for any mirrorless system and you preorders now started at BHphoto (Click here). European readers can already buy the lens at [shoplink 27183 ebay]eBay Germany (Germany shipment)[/shoplink]. Quite pricey but you can shoot at low ISO at any low light condition!
Note: New Sony A77II with kit lens in Stock via Amazon itself (Click here).
0 Responses
Why not buy an a7 and mitakon 0.95 for the same $$?
Why buy this lens anyway? It doesn’t give you better T-stop than your 1.4, and digital sensors are not very sensitive to the light coming from oblique angles anyway, so you don’t actually get noticeably better low-light performance.
All about “prestige” I guess
Nothing prestigious about APS-C 😉
Have you tested its actual T stop?
No, but he stayed at a Holiday Inn last night. LOL
Maybe they’re aiming at m43 people who don’t understand shit about aperture equivalence lol.
Unless you’re after uselessly thin DOF, ans A7s and some ‘normally’ specced f1.4 fast lens will generally be more useful.
What mean “fastest” on a manual focus lens?
Lens speed…if you don’t know even that yet you then shouldn’t be interested in all this geeky stuff.
Vielen Dank für die freundliche Hilfe. Ein “schnelles Objektiv”
habe ich bisher wirklich nur in Bezug auf den Autofokus gehört, Sorry.
Aber ich werde Ihrem Rat folgen und nach 50 Jahren fotografieren und ca. 8’000 Bilder pro Jahr, jetzt damit aufhören.
Sorry I only understand a few words of German, but then again this is an English site.
After 50 years of photography, why would you ask such a poorly phrased question? Speed of a lens generally refers the maximum aperture unless otherwise stated.
Fast describes the aperture. A f/1.2 is a faster lens than a f/2.8
I’m still thinking what this gives me over a decent 50/1.2+focal reducer other than slightly better corners and a little less field curvature, and a lot more heft since…I remember them actually using stainless steel for this lens?