CV about to announce an M Mount 50mm f1.1 Nokton!

[Magpie]

Hi,

I have just heard from a reliable source that CV are about to announce a new 50mm Nokton - f1.1!

No price or release date yet but will let you know when I hear more.

 

[veraikon]

Hmm - a rumour ? or not a rumour ?

that is the question; whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

 

[P. Lynn Miller]

I was hoping they would go the whole hog, pull out all the stops and go for f1.0. CV were able to design a masterpiece with the Nokton 35/1.2, so I am sure this lens will be a credit to Cosina as well.

I suppose your trusted source haunts North Sydney area!! And he has my credit card details! I am headed to those parts tomorrow morning, so hopefully I will be able to get some more details.

Now to buy the Noctilux or not...

 

[David Murphy]

Well I certainly hope you are right. This would be absolutely phenomenal news if true. The lack of seriously fast normal lenses at affordable prices has been a problem in the rangefinder world. Since the Canon 50mm F1.2 has now started to soar in price this problem has been particularly acute.

 

[David Murphy]

I was hoping they would go the whole hog, pull out all the stops and go for f1.0. CV were able to design a masterpiece with the Nokton 35/1.2, so I am sure this lens will be a credit to Cosina as well.

I suppose your trusted source haunts North Sydney area!! And he has my credit card details! I am headed to those parts tomorrow morning, so hopefully I will be able to get some more details.

Now to buy the Noctilux or not...

If this is true, they may have selected F1.1 to commemorate the Zunow or Nikon F1.1's in some sense. This would be typical of Cosina. To make a new lens in the spirit of a famous and rare vintage lens. It's an appealing idea, at least to me. And, by the way of course, F1.1 is hardly slow as far as speed is concerned!

 

[wongyboi]

I am also in Sydney, I need to contact this 'source' 😉

I remember awhile back Steven Gandy posted a thread about - What CV Lens Do You Want Next? Stating that they were keeping track of comments. A lot of those comments were asking for a fast or smaller 50mm!

 

[alan davus]

Hpoe this is true Magpie or I'm gonna have to come around and hurt you!!!!

 

[P. Lynn Miller]

Hope this is true Magpie or I'm gonna have to come around and hurt you!!!!

That makes two of us!!!

 

[TJV]

I would actually shed a tear if true.
I'd hope that it has half click stops unlike the other CV F mount lenses I've used.

 

[Keith]

That makes two of us!!!

Make that three ... I'll fly down especially! 😛

 

[Keith]

Actually I know that Scott from Mainline peruses this forum ... so if you're out there Scott?

edit ... if it's true anyone care to guess a price, like we did with the folder! 😛

 

[elshaneo]

Great News Indeed !!! ;-)

 

[hans voralberg]

Anyone notice an disproportionally high amount of replies to this thread are from Australia?

 

[Never Satisfied]

That's because it's day time, not sleep time down here.

 

[mgd711]

edit ... if it's true anyone care to guess a price, like we did with the folder! 😛

Ohh... Don't start me off Keith.... 😀😀

 

[Krosya]

Actually I know that Scott from Mainline peruses this forum ... so if you're out there Scott?

edit ... if it's true anyone care to guess a price, like we did with the folder! 😛

I'd say if this is indeed true - it would be $1200 or so. No reason to make it more - or it goes into Hexanon range and CV already has 35/1.2 at $800+ range. I hope (again, if this is true) that it will be more like CV 35/1.2 as far as signature goes, cause, at least to me, thier Nokton 35/1.4 was a lesser lens that Ultron 35/1.7 - based on signature. I know - these things are personal, but I really would hope that a new Nokton 50 would draw similar to it's 35/1.2 cousin.

 

[P. Lynn Miller]

While we can speculate...

One thing that will swing me away from the Noctilux for sure is if this lens focuses down to 0.7m... I know there is not much in 300mm, but sometimes you just need to get closer.

Also if Cosina can get their f1.1 to not vignette as severe as the Noctilux, then while you may lose a 1/4 stop in the center, the CV will be effectively as fast overall as the Noct.

Price will come into play to some extent... I hate to hazard a guess where this will land price-wise, but if the Bessa III has taught me anything... then I will plan for the worst case scenario and be pretty pessimistic about the final price.

So taking all the evidence in account, I won't be surprised if this lens pushes over $2000USD, look at the Zeiss 85/2, current price is just short of $3000USD, yes, I know that lens is made in Germany and has the Zeiss label. The Cosina-made Zeiss 50/1.5 is $1000USD. If the price of the CV 50/1.1 comes within $1500USD of the Noctilux, I will still buy the Noct unless the CV lens is an overwhelming winner in close focusing, vignetting and etc.

But I am very, very keen to see this rumoured CV offering... I have no problem with spending less of my hard-earned money for a super-fast 50mm.

 

[jonmanjiro]

I love threads like this 😀

I predict 100 posts by this time tomorrow, and a price of around 190,000 yen for the lens 😉

 

[amateriat]

Theme song for thread: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

(See? Someone is still awake in this part of the world, too...)


- Barrett

 

[P. Lynn Miller]

...(See? Someone is still awake in this part of the world, too...)

Glad someone is keeping an eye on us hoodlums down here! We are a bunch of rebel-rousers, you know.

Also since we are up-side down... heavy lenses don't bother us!😛