New Nokton 50mm F1.1 is released

[chanpei]

Just wondering why Cosina removed the Nokton 50mm F1.5 a few weeks ago. I have a hunch that something will happen. Here comes the new baby..

Here is the link,http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/v-l-m/50-1.1/

 

[Leica All Day]

wow......I want one

 

[jky]

That'll match that nice M9 everyone's talking about 😉

 

[hiromu]

Wow.. this lens by itself can be a reason for me to come back to RF... 125,000 yen (~$1250) is not bad considering the prices of other super fast 50mm lenses...

 

[Taqi]

Ouch! Stephen, put me down for one.

 

[calajava@gmail.com]

oh my gosh....

 

[photogdave]

Sucks that they discontinued the Nokton 1.5. Best deal on a 50mm lens ever.
Maybe it will reappear as an M mount.

 

[Ronald_H]

And there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth...

Do you even get a Summarit 50mm for that amount of money from the boys from Solms?

But of course it will have quality issues, 'weird, harsh bokeh' and focus shift.... If only it had a Leica name on it, all those 'bad' attributes suddenly would become 'character traits'.

Me like. Me wanna!

 

[nome_alice]

oh wow! just when i thought my lens line-up was complete 🙁

i noticed a few weeks ago the nokton 50/1.5 was on the discontinued list, but just thought it was an error.

but surely there's still room in their line up for the 50/1.5 to live on!? (glad i have one 🙂 )

 

[SamC]

It's gonna be a best seller! 🙂

 

[Cron]

interesting lens!
interesting price!
I'm interested how it will perform esp. wide open

 

[Soeren]

Which M-mount body will be the best partner for it?
R3A/M? ZI? Leica M~?
Best regards

 

[P. Lynn Miller]

Which M-mount body will be the best partner for it?
R3A/M? ZI? Leica M~?
Best regards

Leica M5... no contest!😀

 

[Tom A]

interesting lens!
interesting price!
I'm interested how it will perform esp. wide open

Go to our Flickr site, click on the Nokton 50mm f1.1 set and set it as a "slide show" (bigger images). There are 19 shots there - some wide open, some stopped down. I used the lens for a couple of days in Japan at the end of March.

 

[Vickko]

GAS never ends, does it.

Okay, I die broke. And they can bury me with all my photo gear.

Lottery up here is $49 million on Wednesday. I have my one ticket.

"....daddy needs another 50mm lens....."

 

[Rogrund]

Sucks that they discontinued the Nokton 1.5. Best deal on a 50mm lens ever.
Maybe it will reappear as an M mount.

According to S. Gandy in another thread, only the silver 50/1.5 is discontinued. The black one will remain in production.

 

[LeicaTom]

Now hopefully Canon f0.95 prices will stabilize, (go under $1,000) so I can buy one and convert it to M , for what it`s really worth! 😀

Tom

PS: I`m sticking with the FAST Canon`s, they have a more nostalgic and "artistic" signatures,
(just what I need in my work ~ not across the frame sharpness!)
I`m not "won over" by the photos I`ve seen so far made by this lens, the signature seriously looks just like a Summilux f1.4 50 Asph to me.......sorry!

 

[SamC]

Tom A. thanks for the samples, looks really nice!

 

[former member]

Which M-mount body will be the best partner for it?
R3A/M? ZI? Leica M~?
Best regards

Leica M5... no contest!😀

Leica M3, 0.92x finder...Way faster Focussing with that big EFB. Nikon finders have 1.0x, but the Patch on the M3 is better defined.

AND since the close-focus of the new lens is 1m, the M3 stays with it through the whole range. You do not lose anything as you do with lenses going to 0.7m.

 

[kazeonrff]

This young 'un right here is about to break his piggy bank really soon.

LeicaTom mentioned it looks like a Asph Lux, and that's not too bad for me i guess! Considering it's probably around the same price (or cheaper? not familiar) i would like the extra 3/4 stop!