Preorder price is $1249. Free shipping.
oh wow, trying to see if I should get this or 3 nikkor used primes.
@HillTop1 There are not many lenses that are wide. If the Nikkor has the same focal length as the Voigt, then get the Nikkor.
I tested my Nikkors against the Voigtlander 25mm and 50mm f/1.4 in video, but in all honesty, I didn't see much of a difference. Get the Voigtlander if photography is a priority on a m43.
there are 3 new Noktons available right now in Germany sold by:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/330715717781
I wish I had the money right now!!!
@tinyrobot, interesting thanks. I use my GH2 90% for video. I guess beside the f0.95 and nice wide 35mm, I shouldn't miss it too much?
@HillTop1 yup, your paying for the f0.95 and the great resolution for photography. If you shoot a lot of low light video, then I'd get it because as we all know the GH2 is not king of high iso.
@Tobsen It seems to be expensive because the seller is in Germany or that is a retail price?
In France (and I assume in Europe) the retail price should be 1150€ (1500 USD). I think this seller (and many other before him) just wants to make a few more bucks out of rarity.
@au8ust. I think that this is the actual retail price in Germany.It says it on the website as well. Not sure if the prices vary across Europe.
Did some searches and found http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&message=41174702&changemode=1 said "The price of the 17mm.95 is $1249 USD. "
The price should be more stable in June or so.
Quite strange approach as message above clearly has "Preorder price is $1249. Free shipping." text.
Sorry didn't see that post. Actually I mentioned to the price on the ebay link.
got the 17.5 0.95. Trying to get used to shoot with such a fast aperture. Build quality is superb, focusing very smooth. If only the GH2 had more dynamic range. Every dim street light punches a white howl in the footage ...
Congrats!!
@Alex Just to be clear, you are not referring to the coma that the lens itself produces, right? Almost all super-fast lenses have coma wide-open, though the Noctilux allegedly has much less than the Nokton (as does one of the rarer Nikons, but it isn't quite as fast).
Just wanted to rule that out before you went looking for a sensor based solution.
Try it at night. Nokton shines at night like this. I found this awesome work from Vimeo. Excessive CA is prolly from Canon 55mm 1.2 FL.
@stonebat Gunther knows how to shoot.
+1. The guy is awesome.
For some european residents (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and maybe others) who understand enough french to order a product on a website (or knows how to google translate), this (perfectly safe) web site has a few in stock at 1150€ :
@Alex, if you have 25mm 0.95 and 17.5mm 0.95, can you please run this test?
At same aperture setting, do they give same EV reading on GH2?
If they do, they must have same t value.
@stonebat I don't have the 25mm, sorry
Could someone clarify the statement in the spec sheet: "35mm corresponding to small picture."
Does this mean it has the same FOV as a 35mm full frame? What is the small picture?
Does this mean it has the same FOV as a 35mm full frame?
The same angle of view as a 35mm lens on a full frame camera.
Just food for thought.
For me a dedicated m43 17.5mm is just 17.5mm.
A "cropped" sensor was termed when companies like Canon/Nikon introduced their APS-C bodies that cropped images projected from their FF lenses.
There is no m43 lens whose projected images on m43 sensor get cropped. Thus M43 is not a cropped system when using m43 mount lenses.
Simply the Nokton 17.5mm 0.95 has FOV angle of 64.6 degrees at 4:3 and 69 degrees at 16:9 on GH1/2.
I asked around. Yes Nokton 17.5mm and 25mm have the same t-value.
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