New Nokton 50mm F1.1 is released

chanpei

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

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



Leica M5... no contest!:D

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.
 
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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!
 
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