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You are crazy for speed? Than grab this Handevision f/0.85 native(!) MFT mount lens which is in Stock on a [shoplink 46482 ebay]German eBay Store (Click here)[/shoplink]. But it’s quite pricey! Handevsion also announced on their website that worldwide shipment will start soon and some image samples can be seen too: http://www.handevision.de/en/impressions/
And now what’s next…a f/.07 lens?
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“And now what’s next…a f/.07 lens”
F0.07 is so fast it would be able to see backwards in time.
That might solve the C-AF issues!
You CAN see this – the rare as hell Canon EF 50mm F1.0 whichisn’t made any more can be adapted to MFT using a focal reducer. Lens quality was mediocre wide open though.
There’s the Zeiss used by NASA and Kubrick:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/06/kubrick-s-f-0-7-lenses-now-available-for-rent-but-start-saving-up
“native(!) MFT mount”
I call native designed for MFT. This is just a re-mount of an APS-C design.
I’m looking for a lens with a depth of field so narrow that virtually no part of the image is in focus.
Must be bad acne
its only the same depth of field as 80mm F1.7 on a full frame, so its thin, but not unusable.
Then you need to look at proper formats.
Then why bother focusing at all? It’s a rear time saver!
And damn arty, too! 😉
The evidence strongly suggests that the point of diminishing returns for aperture is BEFORE you get to f/.85.
This is what MFT needs, ultra fast lenses (although they shouldn’t be quite this pricey).
With the crop factor, a lens like this is still only going to be able to replicate a full frame 80mm F1.7 shot. As soon as we can take the same photos as a 50mm F1.4 full frame image with a lens that costs no more than it’s full frame counterparts I will be happy, although it will probably never happen..
Not sure there is a purpose to this lens on m43 as it is extremely imbalanced already on a Fuji (look at the images), and already costs more than the best lens in the m43 lineup that also has a similar focal length: the Nocticron. not sure 0.4 f-stops is worth the extra weight and loss of AF even if the IQ is on par.
i’d even rather have a Voightländer F0.95 than this thing, the sample images on their website don’t look all that great (and most of them are at F1.0) the ‘bokeh’ looks like what you would get out of a full frame lens on a speed booster, and that can be done for much less money too.
“Imbalanced”? You are supposed to have a secure grip on a camera-lens-combination, not to balance it. This lens is no more “imbalanced” on a MicroFT body then something like the Olympus 50-200/2.8-3.5 lens on a DSLR. And everyone knows that extreme apertures need extreme efforts, even if they are only slightly more than what is already there, and 80/1.7 (IBE) in 35mm terms is actually more than just “slightly” faster than 85/2.4 (Nocticron). The Voigtländer 42.5/0.95 is a closer match here (85/1.9). IQ is the crucial question, though, and I have my doubts there, too.
1.2 is a full stop slower than 0.85. Worth it?
For under that price, you can get a Canon FD 1.2 Aspherical, FD-EOS conversion kit AND speed booster.
For a LOT less, a generic focal reducer and almost any 50/55/58mm F1.2
For <$150, a 50mm F1.4+generic focal reducer gets you 35mm F1.0 which is close enough 🙂
I think the lens is great, but the price will keep most away.
NO AF = NO BUY !!!
I = AGREE !!
!=agree
Good MF is bliss 😉
depending on your subject imo, very very handy for non static subjects…overkilll for landscape or serious video movie artists.
I’ll stick with my Nocticron, thank you.
Noctiwhat?
LOL
my god you have a noctitron Marco?
Yup, since almost a month! It’s a great lens indeed. Not a must have lens but the quality matches its price without any doubt.
Yep. I have one as well. Bought it from Kenmore Camera 1 week before it was officially released. It’s my #1 lens and the Oly 75mm f/1.8 is my #2.
Voigtlander 42.5/.95 is half price and smaller.
An 80/1.9 is way smaller and cheaper. On a proper sensor, it will also give better quality. If M43 wants to survive, they must make something small and cheap… But we said this already.
Buahahah, why don’y go to teach them how to make small lenses then, as if optics was a matter of will and not science.
As a matter of fact, equivalent (decades old) FF lenses are smaller. And the Voigtlaenders that are only half a stop slower also are significantly smaller and lighter.
So yes, in this case it’s a matter of will.
1 learn 2 ask 3a talk 3b shut up (better)
Lol, anyone with half a brain would get a FF camera and some prime if he needed that kind of thin DOF. Regardless if that lens is used on some APS of M43, it doesnt make any sense.. The best part is that most equivalent FF primes are lighter and smaller.
Those people must be royally stupid to think that they could find anyone who’d buy that thing. It’s at most worth something like 500EUR.
M43 buyers tend to be… Not the brightest bulbs in the chandeliers.
Efficient LEDs bulbs aren’t the brightest, but they’re don’t make hot air either 😀
Non-m43 buyers who spend time reading m43 forums are what, then? Do you not have anything else to do with your time?
Extra wide aperture lenses aren’t all about DoF.
Wider apertures allow you to keep shutter speeds higher and ISOs lower.
For situations like that, shallow DoF can be an annoyance, not a statement.
As far as this lens goes, I’ll keep my Voigtländer 42.5mm!
I have the voigtlander 42.5mm too awesome lens maybe my best ! And I have 75mm, 12-50mm and pana 25mm …
hehe its obvious then you are not a bokeh guy, we know that by now.
I only do bokeh in moderation. 😉
It can be fun to play with @ f0.95, I must say.
Well, I thought it’s not necessary to mention that given that it’s obvious that you can stop down two stops on a FF and chose and ISO 4 times higher which will also give you the same shutter speed. Your result will have about the same amount of DOF and visible noise in a print.
And yes, the voigtlaender or the nocticron are the obvious choices if you need light for m43. They keep the camera at a reasonable form factor and weight.
no i would go for a graflex 4×5 plus a kofak 176mm F/2.5, 24×36 just looks poor too.. I hope you get the message? tes? carry on! 🙂
Wow, seriously what’s wrong with you guys… just because it has an M43 mount, it should be worshiped like the only god or what? There are some good choices for fast lenses in M43 like the voigtlaender and the noctricron. But if you need even faster than that, the lenses become too bulky to make any sense in the context of a compact camera system. I’m just pointing out the obvious: If you need more than what you get from the 0.95 voigtlaenders, you’re in the wrong system.
so why is anything faster then 0.95 on mft a wrong choice? a canon 85 f/1.2 is already 1 kg, A f/0.85 canon version would surely be much heavier. I dont believe in worshipping other then my dream woman(which is already debatable). I prefer to treat each format as equal rather then to make questionable claims. after all, like Dirty Harry said, we all have our own like we have that exit point down there.
No one is forcing you to buy m43 stuff. Why do read m43 forums if you hate it so much?
I’m just pointing out that this lens is far too big, heavy and expensive to make sense on a compact system camera (whereas there are other lenses like the nocticron and the voigtlaenders that DO make sense as bright lens choices for M43). How did you reach the conclusion that I hate M43?
Your comment, “anyone with half a brain would get a FF camera” insults m43 fans. I wouldn’t buy this lens either. I own the EM5, the nocticron 42.5 and the Oly 75. I can control DOF just fine. I think FF cameras are great and I would never insult anyone you uses them.
I already have a 40mm f0.85 with my 150$ canon FL 55mm F1.2 with 100$ China speed booster.
Honestly, I think thats what this lens essentially is. Just at a massively inflated cost
Right, it’s just a $2,000 lens made with junk optcs . Do you even have a clue about lenses boy ?
Got a link to that speed booster? I wouldn’t mind trying out doing that to a f/1.2 lens.
here’s some links to the speed booster
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Focal-Reducer-Speed-Booster-Adapter-Canon-FD-mount-lens-to-Micro-4-3-GX7-E-PL6-/181332928630?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item2a3848e876
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Optical-Focal-Reducer-Speed-Booster-adapter-Canon-FD-Lens-to-Micro-4-3-M4-3-/191048897884?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item2c7b66d55c
I don’t have the metabone speed booster, but this one does a very good job in the center, but only acceptable job on the edges.
I find it ads contrast, gets a little sharper, and best of all, il almost completely eliminate chromatic aberrations that are pretty high on the canon FL 55mm F1.2 lens