New 50mm 0.95 lens for MicroFourThirds!

[FlashInThePan]

Regards,
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Jonathan

 

[efix]

A dedicated M4/3 "Noctilux" would just be ... I don't think there even is a word for the kind of excitemend I'm just feeling ... Although I'd prefer a 25 or 20 mm version.

Which would be this: http://www.avsupply.com/details/vfa2595h.shtml

Bargain for that price. Question remains if it delivers ... probably not like an Angénieux. Anyone have experience with this lens on MFT?

 

[FlashInThePan]

Specifications aren't so far off from those published in the Senko website, except for the weight which is way off (only 280 when the senkon is 470 gram).

The FOV matches a 50mm on a 35mm negative.

The Senko COULD probably be adapted to m4/3, it might even make sense for someone to do it and offer it as a commercial product.

Why not?

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Jonathan

 

[Art Vandelay II]

This is great news! I don't know that f/.95 is needed, but m4/3's certainly needs a few f/1.2 primes. Fast primes are needed to make up for the 4/3's DOF disadvantage. I don't even care if its manual focus, especially if it has a chip in it to trigger the 7x magnification aid when you touch the focus ring.
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[grapher]

This lens also has a 9.6mm x 12.8mm designed image format, not what we really need for µ4/3.

 

[pellicle]

I don't know ... any more than I know one day you'll be president of the USA

 

[cameron2]

http://43rumors.com/ft5-hot-new-noktor-hyperprime-lens-50mm-f0-95-for-microfourthirds/

Do I really want a lens designed for m43 that doesn't autofocus? umm!

I'd enjoy it ;-)

 

[nugat]

Very good Nokton 50mm/1..1 is 1000$ (M-mount). Excellent legacy hexanon 50mm or 60mm 1.2 will be more, but what a piece of glass...All of these all cover full frame (36x24)

 

[Mk7]

It's not fast enough.

 

[Photo_AK]

With this 50mm f/0.95 on the scene where are those saying the m4/3rds format will never be able to provide good bokeh for portraits? The equivalent FF of 100mm at f1.4 not too bad at all for shallow DOF?

A FF equivalent in terms of background blur to 50/0.95 (100mm eqiv.) is 100mm f/2, not f/1.4

So, it's 50/1 on M43, 70/1.4 on APS-C and 100/2 on FF - the resulting images will look pretty similar from the three setups as far as background blur is concerned.

And I think it's needless to say the IQ of this 50/0.95 lens on any of M43 camera won't come even near the IQ of Nikkor 105/2 or Canon 100/2 lenses; you'll have to stop it down at least a stop or two (or even more), to achieve optimal sharpness.
So don't be to happy to soon ...

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[xtforest]

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Rob

 

[Pedagydusz]

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Antonio

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[nugat]

It's not fast enough.

That's a joke, right?

At these f-lengths apertures DOF from 2-3 meters is is so narrow focus is the main problem.
Half a stop difference is not, it can be easily made up with ISO or shutter.

 

[efix]

Very good Nokton 50mm/1..1 is 1000$ (M-mount). Excellent legacy hexanon 50mm or 60mm 1.2 will be more, but what a piece of glass...All of these all cover full frame (36x24)

1. expensive
2. huge and heavy (with adapter)

3. many C-mount lenses, especially those with a longer focal length, cover the whole MFT sensor, so why ff coverage?

I'm thinking of replacing my OM 50/1.8, which is a very nice and comparably small lens, with an even smaller 50mm C-mount lens which will probably yield better results wide open.

 

[Mk7]

It's not fast enough.

That's a joke, right?

Just joking. It's plenty fast enough. But I wouldn't mind an 18mm f/0.7 with OIS.

 

[julieng]

Just joking. It's plenty fast enough. But I wouldn't mind an 18mm f/0.7 with OIS.

OIS on a 0.7/18mm? Actually any kind of IS on a 0.7/wide ?

 

[efix]

Just joking. It's plenty fast enough. But I wouldn't mind an 18mm f/0.7 with OIS.

Well, that's were us Olympus users are havin' the advantage, eh?

 

[efix]

"The company is very real. There are a couple photographers with lenses now, so there will be a lot more images and footage along with the product launch next month. The info from google’s cache is incorrect. It was placeholder text while the site was developed. The main corrections are 480g weight and 23° Angle of View.
Goals? Develop and sell the fastest lens possible "

via http://43rumors.com/the-noktor-company-response-at-43rumors/

Also, it is indeed a modified Senko 50/0.95.

 

[nikclick]

The big question is, is a "Factory Automation Lens" going to give us anything near the quality we expect? I mean once you get over the 'gee wow' speed and bokeh, is this lens going to deliver regarding sharpness, colour, and chromatic aberration?

What's it's price point going to be?

Looks like the Senko version sells for $730. If so, then it isn't that far away from the Voigtlander 50/1.1 Nokton, which is probably a much better lens.

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[efix]

The big question is, is a "Factory Automation Lens" going to give us anything near the quality we expect? I mean once you get over the 'gee wow' speed and bokeh, is this lens going to deliver regarding sharpness, colour, and chromatic aberration?

What's it's price point going to be?

Looks like the Senko version sells for $730. If so, then it isn't that far away from the Voigtlander 50/1.1 Nokton, which is probably a much better lens.

Well, the Voigtländer is also considerably larger and heavier. So as long as noone comes with REAL dedicated fast (manual) MFT primes (which probably never happens), I guess we'll have to make do with compromises ...

P.S.: Is perfect optical quality really what gives great pictures? Had you asked me a week ago, I'd have said "yes" without hesitation, thinking of those stellar Leica lenses. But since I own this nice little imperfect Pentax 25/1.4 C-mount lens, I find its shortcomings are what gives the resulting pictures a certain charm they lack with more elaborate (or dedicated) lenses, such as the Lumix 20/1.7 (although I also love how that lens performs!).