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The amount of preorder of the new [shoplink 26501 ebay]Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Full Frame E-mount lens[/shoplink] was much bigger than expected. Therefore shipment will start on June 18 and not the first week of June. Also the name of the lens chanced from Mitakon Speedmaster to ZY Optics Speedmaster. And the producer website changed too in http://www.zyopticslens.com/.
You can preorder the lens at [shoplink 26501 ebay]eBay Hong Kong (free worldwide shipment)[/shoplink]. It’s also sold via [shoplink 26982 ebay]MXcamera Europe eBays tore (Click here)[/shoplink].
There is also a new review from Yannick Ciancianelli:
The lens is, as expected, rather soft wide-open. But I have to say that I find the result very pleasing and I must admit that it is my favorite aperture on the lens. The 0.95 resulting images are so milky silky smooth. It’s like an almost 100% bokeh picture. Yeah, it’s like…chocolate mousse! Mmmmh.
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I’ve been saving up for the Canon 50 f/.095; this lens is tempting.
The Canon 50/0.95 is a true classic. 🙂
thx for linking to my review andrea 🙂
Chocolate mousse…then he should try x-ray lenses, chocolate smoothie…
“It’s like an almost 100% bokeh picture.”
I think some users fall prey to thinking that if only with such-and-such lens the photos will be great. They focus more on what’s out-of- focus than what is in focus ( the converse is sharpness junkies). A great or absurdly wide aperture won’t make photos suddenly great if mediocre shots are the norm.
Beyond special use cases, learning some basic lighting techniques along with basic lighting gear / reflectors / modifiers will generally result in superior photos than never lighting and f.95 shooting.
You have to remember that 99% of people know nothing about photography, and for a wedding specialist who understands his market, this lens gives an expressive and desirable look demanded by the client.
Whether it’s your cup of tea or not, staying employed as an event photographer I can tell you this lens gives me a slight edge in my market, and coupled with A7s, it means I can ditch flashes altogether.
Not a small thing, especially if silent shutter is as good/better than GX7.
More preorders = delayed initial shipment?
I smell horseshit. Surely the person collecting orders is not the same person crafting the lens.
Don’t you think that softness of 0.95 could be created in Photoshop
It’s softer on the focusing area ,
My Nikon AIS 50 1.2 cost me $375 just a few week ago, its in mint condition and is far sharper than this lens wide open and it has much better bokeh. People will buy this to shoot at 0.95, but it looks terrible wide open and cheaper legacy 50’s will be better at smaller apertures. I got the 50 and a 85 1.4 for less than the cost of this lens. But I’m sure someone will buy this…
Delays, delays, delays! Whatever happened to the Sigma f1.8 18-35mm for Sony? Was it not supposed to be released end of May 2014 (or was it 2410?) – finally. Still no sign of it. May be Sigma could not be convinced by the recent rehash of the A77 that there is a future in making A-Mount lenses. Or may be they have been reading this:
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/sony-crossroads-muddling-longer-enough/