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Thanks for pointing us to it. I think it delivers quite a decent result. Considering the doll was shot wide open I couldn't find fault with it. The ship at night even at f/4 is well reproduced. The one that impressed me most was the old Jaguar at just f/2.8 showing right edge and centre performance to be quite good. Over to you folks ...What do you think?
I like it. The sharpness and the bokeh at 0.95 would suit my shooting style. I plan to get oneForum poster duartix over at DPR posted a link to some CV Nokton 25/0.95 samples, here.
It could have been better, but it also could have turned out to be worse. What do you think?
/Jonas
Thank you, that is much better. The out of focus areas are very attractive and with the post processing there is a more clearly defined area of focus. Personally I would prefer to try one before I buy one, if that is possible.I believe these are out of camera, no post at all..
I downloaded one and added sharpening and contrast... here is the link,
Click on the download control on the tabs above the image. to your computer for closer examination....
The Right eye is the focus point I believe.
Let me know if the link works...
Hi,Have you looked at my previous post, where I provide a link to a 10mb sample that I sharpened and added a bit of contrast... (3 post back)... take a look... you will be happier, (...)
I just used my Currency converter with today's rates, EUR 890 = USD 1149Hi,
Yes I did. I also downloaded all the images and looked at them carefully using Lightroom and then, after some processing, Irfanview. I agree about your observation and I also think the images were more or less unprocessed.
Sometimes CA is easy to take care of sometimes not, LoCA is never really easy to take care of without degrading parts of the image. And there is a lot of LoCA in these images. Ugly bokeh can also be tricky.
Anyway, I'll have to try it out myself and see what I really think after a lot of images. I hope some minor technical flaws will be masked by the images themselves.
Is there anyone having seen a better deal in the Eu than the quoted €890?
EDIT: I noticed you mentioned USD 1.100... that sounds very expensive.
Cheers,
/Jonas
The Ganref site mentioned a price in Japan equal to EUR 700. The EUR 890 price is the only price I have seen at any dealer in the EU and includes the German 19% VAT so somewhat higher than the Japanese price, and pricier than I expected.I just used my Currency converter with today's rates, EUR 890 = USD 1149
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A $900 price would be better....The Ganref site mentioned a price in Japan equal to EUR 700. The EUR 890 price is the only price I have seen at any dealer in the EU and includes the German 19% VAT so somewhat higher than the Japanese price, and pricier than I expected.
Maybe the lens will cost around USD 900 plus any possible Gandy penalty (if his prices still are very high)?
/Jonas
Yup. That is the EUR 700 price mentioned by Vivek above. However... We're sorry; this item can not be shipped outside Japanamazon.jp sells it already with 25% discount to the list price.
Jonas, a lot of things you posted there, I disagree with. I will not go into the details as you have not used any such fast lenses and I have not had a chance to use the Nokton either.So, either our system is a poor system, or the Nokton is a poor lens.