Nokton 17.5mm F/0.95?

I bought it the same day I bought the E-M5, along with the battery grip. Here are some points:

• It's heavy. Heavier than the E-M5 body, even with the battery grip!
• It's bulky. Slightly bigger and wider than the Olympus 12-50mm kit lens, though it would take about the same amount of space in your bag.
• It has an aperture ring. So it's a bit more tactile. I like it.
• It has focus distance markings. This is the primary reason why I bought this lens.
• No one with a m4/3 camera will need this, imho. Or at the very least, most people won't.

The reason behind my purchase was that I wanted it for street photography. Well...the weight, bulk, MF and aperture can be considered overkill, indeed. But the focus distance markings sold it for me: I wanted to be able to zone focus.

Yeah, silly reason. But however expensive it ended up being, I'm happy with it. =3

Here's a sample at f/2:

My dog.
Voigtlander Nokton 17.5mm f0.95 - ISO500 f2 1/125s. JPEG extracted from RAW via Photo Mechanic v5.