Guys, forget about Leica and Voigtlanders f/0.95! We now have a new company that set the record and created the fastest native mirrorless system lens of the world. Today Kipon announced the new Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens which comes in native Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds, Canon M or Sony E-mount!
The lens will cost you $2000 and the company promised to work on more fast lenses. Here is the full rpess release which includes image samples too:
HANDEVISION — December 12, 2013
A mutual passion for photography and the art of image capture between two companies’ owner has led two special firms, Shanghai Transvision and German IB/E Optics, to collaborate on an industry-shaking new innovation. By merging Geman high-quality engineering standards with Chinese cost-effective production infrastructure, the new camera lens brand Handevision (“Han” means China in Mandarin and “De” is the word for Germany).
After many months of collaboration between engineering and production teams, final quality control assessments have concluded and the IBELUX 40mm f0.85 high-speed lens, the fastest lens in the world, is nearly ready for release. Available for sale by February, 2014, this lens will be available for Sony NEX, Fuji X, Canon EOS M and Micro 4/3 digital mirrorless camera mounts (MSRP is $2,080 USD).
While risky to start our launch with this ground-breaking high-speed lens, we hope to gain the attention and confidence of photographers around the world with our expanding new lenses. Our mission is to manufacture high-grade lenses of metallic construction with a clean, aesthetic finish. As a new player in the lens market, we believe we can expand our new brand internationally as our engineers, uninhibited by production costs nor by material restrictions, will be free to work creatively in seeking optimal image quality and artistic design.
We are currently working on our next project, the wide-angle IBEGON lens. With Sony releasing the new full-frame mirrorless A7/A7R camera, we have designed a high-speed telephoto APO mirror lens called the IBECAT, named for its sharp image capture, its lightweight construction and fast glass. Additional lenses are in development for full frame mirrorless cameras, including a tilt-shift lens and a compact fixed focal length lens.
We are focusing our efforts at expanding our line of full-frame mirrorless and DSLR detachable lenses in 2014 and are constantly developing ways to satisfy demand of professional photographers for faster, sharper lenses.
What do you think of these image samples?
Image and text via http://kipon.com/en/articledetail.asp?id=60
6 Responses
Interesting development and that this has come to fruition. The pictures look absolutely stunning, would be nice to have a try of this on my OM-D
I also noticed that some of these photo’s were taken on a Hasselblad Lunar 🙂 so now we know at least one was sold!
AMAZING ! I would really want to see this on my Fuji X-E2, the price seems a lil bit steep but considering such a fast lens and comparing to Zeiss Otus’s outrageous pricetag, this is a GREAT deal.
I think its a luxury, not a necessity. Or in other words I don’t have 2k Dollars 😛
Olympus 45mm f1.8 is fast enough for me 🙂
atleast covers indian weddings without flash!:
http://www.samudranil.in/blog/?id=69703236806
http://www.samudranil.in/blog/?id=69252778574
Personally, for a $2K lens, I’m not impressed by the sample pictures. I get much better results out of my f/1.4 Rokinon.
On the one hand I’m glad someone is increasing the lens choices for mirrorless (and with metal bodies that are hopefully well built). On the other hand I am not a Leica, Canon or Nikon shooter, meaning I don’t pay $2,000 for a lens, especially if it doesn’t provide at the very least auto aperture close-down and full EXIF info. I can handle manual focus (it can even be fun) but I don’t want to deal with manual aperture close-down.
I’m curious to see what other focal lengths and max apertures they’ll offer. Also, I’m not that impressed by the sample images for this particular lens, though that might be an issue with their photographer rather than the lens.
I suppose if you compare this to Leica’s f0.95 @ $10000, then it’s a bargain! 🙂