Voigtlander 25/.95 Page Up, taking Deposits

[CameraQuest]

Ever the innovator. Mr Kobayashi seems to be going into a new product line with this super fast innovative lens. $999

Voigtlander has 3 super fast .95 lenses!

The 17.5mm, 25mm, and the new 42.5mm

Thanks for looking,

Stephen

 

[foggie]

Does the lens have the focusing helicoil?

 

[CameraQuest]

Does the lens have the focusing helicoil?

yes, focusing helical part of lens.
close focus just under 7"

Stephen

 

[PatrickT]

Mike Kobal used this lens in one of his new videos...take a look.

http://www.mikekobal.com/blog/

Lens looks great!

 

[Rogier]

How does the focussing work on the Lumix GF1 ?
Does the display "zoom" in like it does with the original lenses?

 

[silverbullet]

as there is no electric connection to the camera, you have to tell the cam 1. manual lens adapted
2. magnify the box for focusing.

My Oly EP2 has 2 buttons 1 FN to switch to MF and another for magnifying the little green focusbox.

 

[seakayaker1]

How does the focussing work on the Lumix GF1 ?
Does the display "zoom" in like it does with the original lenses?

There is no issue with focusing the 25/0.95 with the GF1. When shooting the lens wide open on day one I was surprised when I downloaded the shots latter that day that I had missed the focus point that I wanted. It has been a learning opportunity for me since the DOF is so narrow and I am starting to get a feel for the sweet spot when focusing with the aperature set at 0.95. Just a little time and patience . . . . .


I have had the lens for about a week and the shots that I have taken so far with the GF1 can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26672618@N03/sets/72157625258959787/


Life is Grand!

Dan
~ 😉

 

[sper]

This lens is one of the reasons I love CV. I'm not even into m4/3rds but they're making serious tools for fine artists. Real fine artists who can't bank the "leica" way.

 

[Jim Evidon]

Re.: focusing short focal length lenses.
I always had a problem focusing shorter focal length lenses on my GF1 even when I focused wide open before closing down to shooting aperture. I have now added a Sony NEX5N to my shooting inventory primarily because I had heard good things about focus peaking. It is all true what they say. Dead on focus accuracy with all focal lengths 24mm and up. I also have a 15mm CV lens, but the DOF is so forgiving, I am not concerned anyway.The sooner that Olympus and Panasonic adopt this focus peaking method the better it will be for the 4/3's shooter.