kshapero
South Florida Man
The new Voigtländer 25mm f/0.95 for MicroFourThirds has been announced!
Today Voitgländer will announce the production of new lenses for the MicroFourThirds system!
The first lens to be unveiled is the new Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens. This lens has been designed for MFT and you don’t need to use any adapter! The Lens is manual only (no autofocus). Expected price $1000 and availabilty by October/November.
The image quality is reported to be on a very high level. The only comparable lenses to date are the old C-mount lenses like the Schneider 25mm f/0.95 (which costs over $900 at eBay). There are also two more 25mm f/0.95 lenses like the Navitar and Angenieux (again C-mount lenses). But those are not designed for MFT and you need an MFT adapter. They are also a little bit more expensive than the Nokton (and the Nokton is new!).
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Today Voitgländer will announce the production of new lenses for the MicroFourThirds system!
The first lens to be unveiled is the new Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens. This lens has been designed for MFT and you don’t need to use any adapter! The Lens is manual only (no autofocus). Expected price $1000 and availabilty by October/November.
The image quality is reported to be on a very high level. The only comparable lenses to date are the old C-mount lenses like the Schneider 25mm f/0.95 (which costs over $900 at eBay). There are also two more 25mm f/0.95 lenses like the Navitar and Angenieux (again C-mount lenses). But those are not designed for MFT and you need an MFT adapter. They are also a little bit more expensive than the Nokton (and the Nokton is new!).
Vickko
Veteran
Holy GAS attack. Looks like a Christmas present for sure.
kxl
Social Documentary
yucky render.
blacvios
Member
P. Lynn Miller
Well-known
I was hoping for a high-end Nokton 50/1.0 that close focuses to 0.7m instead Cosina announces a MFT lens. Scott at Mainline Photographic has the Nokton 25mm f0.95 listed at $895AUD.
Not my cup of tea... but should be a great boost to MFT users.
Not my cup of tea... but should be a great boost to MFT users.
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Fujitsu
Well-known
Or not.
That lens is a niche within a niche within a niche...
I have a GF1 and it is a POINT AND SHOOT. Not a point, click magnify on the screen, focus, click again to demagnify and shoot.
Manual focusing on MFT sucks.
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
I bet the next step will be a VC shoe-mount rangefinder II 
gavinlg
Veteran
I found manual focussing pretty good on my e-p1 actually.
AJShepherd
Well-known
Simon, that's a brilliant idea!
Next time I go out with my E-P1 and a manual focus lens, I'll take a clip-on rangefinder mounted in the hot shoe and use that for focusing, and just use the live view for framing. I'd bought a stand alone rangefinder to use with another camera I own ,it had never occurred to me to use it for focusing manual lenses on my E-P1!
Now, if Voigtlander bundled their MFT lenses with a hot-shoe mounted rangefinder/viewfinder attachment with frames in the viewfinder to suit the lens range, they could be on to something. At least until they build the Bessa D. As Cosina have joined the Micro Four Thirds group, maybe an MFT Voigtlander is on the way...?
I did try using a Hoodloupe recently, attached to the back of the E-P1 by the bungee cord you can get for it, but then I found that made the structure of the LCD far too obvious and visible which distracted from the image, so I'd not try that again.
Next time I go out with my E-P1 and a manual focus lens, I'll take a clip-on rangefinder mounted in the hot shoe and use that for focusing, and just use the live view for framing. I'd bought a stand alone rangefinder to use with another camera I own ,it had never occurred to me to use it for focusing manual lenses on my E-P1!
Now, if Voigtlander bundled their MFT lenses with a hot-shoe mounted rangefinder/viewfinder attachment with frames in the viewfinder to suit the lens range, they could be on to something. At least until they build the Bessa D. As Cosina have joined the Micro Four Thirds group, maybe an MFT Voigtlander is on the way...?
A lot of the time I'd agree with that. With some lenses (the 50mm OM Zuiko is particularly good) things just POP into focus in normal view, with other lenses I find I just have to use magnify and fiddle a bit.
I did try using a Hoodloupe recently, attached to the back of the E-P1 by the bungee cord you can get for it, but then I found that made the structure of the LCD far too obvious and visible which distracted from the image, so I'd not try that again.
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Fujitsu
Well-known
Well no, its not "pretty good", it sucks. You can talk yourself into "pretty good" when you cant afford a better camera for manual focusing. But objectively it still sucks.
retnull
Well-known
I use the Angenieux 25 / 0.95 as my main lens on the Panasonic GH-1. A super-fast lens in this focal length makes a lot of sense for µ43. Hats off to Voigtlander. There will be drooling when sample images become available.
However, one thing worries me: the image circle on a lens like this is rather small. While it's fine on a sensor the size of µ43, there is no possibility of ever adapting the lens to use it on a larger sensor (or 35mm film). The lens is not future-proof. A good investment, if you think µ43 will last forever.
However, one thing worries me: the image circle on a lens like this is rather small. While it's fine on a sensor the size of µ43, there is no possibility of ever adapting the lens to use it on a larger sensor (or 35mm film). The lens is not future-proof. A good investment, if you think µ43 will last forever.
efix
RF user by conviction
Fujitsu, technically, it should be "But subjectively it still sucks." It doesn't suck at all, subjectively. But some people can't distinguish between subjective and objective, obviously ...
This is an over-rated concept... most people don't use the same equipment for thier lifetime. Some do, but most don't. Many things that we use in our lives become obsolete... but they do so only when you allow them to.
Mephiloco
Well-known
Schneider still makes a 25mm/f.95 in c-mount that performs beautifully, though the msrp is something like $1700
This looks like a great lens. I'll bet a number of C-Mount users will want one as well.
blacvios
Member
Since it's a true m4/3 lens and not an adapted one, there should be electronic contacts on the lens to;
1) activate the mf zoom function when you turn the focusing ring,
2) have exif data on aperture and focal length
morgan
Well-known
I think is exciting news for the format, although I've held off a m43 camera because I've felt that subjectively, manual focusing sucks on a camera without a vf. For some real laughs read some of the threads on dpreview about this lens. I think this type of lens is way over the heads of most their commenters.
gavinlg
Veteran
It may suck for you, but I found it easy to be both accurate and fast (enough) with my 35mm f1.4L and 85mm f1.8 on an e-p1.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
At this point MOST m43 cameras have live view EVFs either built in or available as options, and are therefore not "without a vf."
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