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You can now preorder the new Nokton 42,5mm f/0.95 MFT lens at BHphoto (Click here). It will ship next week! And shipping now is finally the G6 via Amazon itself (Click here).
Two more new deals: $130 off on the E-p3 kit at Tigerdirect (Click here). The price of the Panasonic LF1 dropped $12 down to $487 at Amazon US (Click here).
And now keep in mind that the great Olympus US deals will end tomorrow. Here are the links:
E-P5:
$5o off on the Black E-P5 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$5o off on the Silver E-P5 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$5o off on the White E-P5 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
E-M5:
$150 off on the E-M5 with 12-50mm kit lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the E-M5 with 14-42mm kit lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the E-M5 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
E-PL5:
$50 off on the E-PL5 with 14-42mm kit lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$50 off on the Black E-PL5 Kit with 14-42mm lens, case, mini tripod, and memory card at Amazon (Click here).
E-PM2:
$50 off on the E-PM2 with 14-42mm kit lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$50 off on the Black E-PM2 Kit with 14-42mm lens, case, mini tripod, and memory card at Amazon (Click here).
Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses:
$150 off on the Four Thirds 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Four Thirds 8mm f/3.5 Zuiko Fisheye at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Four Thirds 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the 60mm f/2.8 macro lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$50 off on the 40-1500mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$50 off on the Four Thirds Olympus 25mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Micro Four Thirds accessory:
$80 off on the Olympus MMF-3 4/3 to Micro 4/3 Adapter at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$75 off on the Olympus FL-600R Wireless Flash at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$75 off on the Olympus FL-300R Wireless Flash at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$75 off on the Olympus HLD-6 Battery Holder at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$50 off on the Olympus View Finder VF-2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
$50 off on the Olympus View Finder VF-3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
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Cant wait to see some reviews on this lens
wow, 999$, thats cheaper than i thought it would be for that much glass from the V..
with a metal hood included, that ‘some’ would sell for, say… $69, 😛
…but Olympus would sell a plastic hood for that amount!…..well..$40 anyway….I really like the Pany/Leica 45/2.8 macro…and the Oly 45mm f/1.8 that I own…the autofocus is nice too….but I know a lens like this will have a certain .,,”look” and a following!
+1 Everyone seemed to be expecting the 42.5mm to be in the $1200 range, so $999 is great.
Voigtländer may be using similar components for a number of lenses to share… 25mm and 75mm f1.8 (M mount) both use 52mm filters and are a similar size, while the 17.5mm and 42.5mm are both 58mm. Maybe this is lowering production costs a bit.
Also lenses at around 42mm are much easier to make with excellent performance and speed, so it can be cheaper. People expect it to be more just because the equivalent FL is 85mm and a real 85mm lens is much harder to make speed and good.
best example is still the 45mm f/1.8, best value for the money.
noktons are all becoming great value!
http://www.mainlinephoto.com.au/category39_1.htm
I think this 42.5mm might therefore be the best lens from CV for M43. And it can seriously challenge the Olympus 75mm for portraits, given its 0.95 speed (and bokeh), 10 blades, and its less restrictive FL. Too bad you have to focus manually.
This, or the AF PanaLeica 42.5/1.2.
looking at the price of the Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2, i have a feeling that the Panasonic might be same price as the Voigtlaender or even a bit cheaper.
I will jump for joy if it is. I’m hoping $1200 or under for the 42/1.2, which will likely result in an immediate pre-order for me.
…for portraits? Yes, perhaps for very “artistic” portraits. For *normal* portraits, an aperture of 0.95 is not that important: e.g the Oly 45/1.8 needs to be stepped down to some f=2.8 in order to have both the eyes and the nose tip simultaneously in reasonable focus. At 0.95, it may be difficult to get both the pupils and the eyelashes in focus…
I never found it a problem if only one eye is in focus. Okay you can exaggerate, by doing a close portrait. But portrait is more then a head shot. For half body and full body portraits, 0.95 is a very welcome option.
Just because the aperture can open to f0.95, doesn’t mean you have to use it at f0.95. Just turn the aperture ring! What a concept!
I use my Voigtländer 25mm night and day and never hesitate to use smaller apertures. It’s a pretty amazing lens. I would suspect the 42.5mm to be even better.
I would not mind if this CV had no aperture ring at all.
I’m looking forward to this lens. I’ve been patient, not jumping to the recent re-release of their 50 1.5, which has received high praise. Hope to see samples soon.
The new 50mm T1.5 is a joy to use. (And it looks more beautiful than Summiluxes too IMO)
f/0.95 … wouldn’t want to be stuck without focus peaking when fully open.
Those of us who are not blind manage just fine without focus peaking
Pete, two weeks ago I was at a concert taking photos, and tried again a NEX 7 + Leica Summilux 75mm: I had again the confirmation that focus p. is too distracting.
I prefer the “old” magnified mode.
Nice… https://vimeo.com/72331326
nice find 🙂
too bad he mostly shows closeup shots. At that range even a slow lens gives similar effect,as can be seen when he shows the stopped down shots.
The lens has a minimum focus distance of only 9″ (.23m)!
That’s fantastic for that sort of focal length! One could get near-macro close-up shots without needing a macro lens. That’s very cool, indeed!
The new holy trinity of classic length M4/3 lenses is finally here!!! 😉
17.5mm, 25mm and now the 42.5mm!
Now for a 10mm or 12mm f0.95!
I don’t think a 10 mm f 0.95 woul be technically possible (Tegea 9.8 mm was 1.8 and a monster of a lens) but yes: a faster short lens would be the “hail mary” to the trinity. But I doubt we will see it as there are not too many people who would spend that amount of money for a lens that is needed only for special situations when the 17.5 is not wide enough.
I cannot tell from the Tiger Direct page if that E-p3 kit comes with the VF-1 optical viewfinder or not. It shows in the pictures, but I see no mention of it. I don’t even know the price anyway since it’s still out of stock :/
Have it since Tuesday (someone has already posted the link to my first “test” – see above). If you have the budget and are in love with lenses that are old-school it’s a perfect buy. Will walk around my city this night and try to get some more shots.
About the odd “focus peaking” discussion: In dark surroundings I would very, very much love to have it so one would not need to care so much about focus and concentrate more on composition and/or being fast enough to get a shot in a documentary situation. It’s out of the question that we can get well focused shots otherwise (remember measure tape, for instance) but peaking helps you to know much quicker where you are and where you may want to go to focus-wise.
Apart from that fast lenses teach us also to become more humble and respect the incredible work of professional focus pullers in film/video much more. Probably the most under-rated job in the business.
Added some other shots at…. https://vimeo.com/72553092
Nice shots, Rolf! Thanks!