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You beat me Woody..Just put down my $100 deposit with Stephen at Cameraquest. I have no idea when the lens might be available but I wanted to get in line early because if this lens is declared "good" by the early users there will be a frenzy to get one! If it is priced at $1300 as predicted it will be sold to all of those who lust after a Nocti but will never pay over $6K to get one. JMHO
Woody
I am very happy with the CV 35 1.2 Ultra nokton. only gripe is that it is huge! But there has to be a price to pay for quality glass that is really fast so i guess it is size and weight. If the new 50 1:1 attains the quality of the 35 1.2 I will be very happy. Heck I own the Hexanon 50 1.2 and I think it is one of the best M lenses made. But to get F1.0 at this price makes it (to me) a no brainer. Would I love to have a Nocti..........of course but I would also like a Porsche GTS and both are wonderful machines that are simply out of my price range.Neil,
Who may have suggested it will be "worse" than the Noctilux? I think it will just be a different look....maybe. The test will be the bokeh, in my opinion. I know that the bokeh on my other Noktons is good, but maybe not as creamy smooth as the Noctilux. Truth be told, the drawing is so nice on all of them that unless you have really sharp, angular things in the out of focus area where the Noktons tend to draw a bit more contrast, it is hard to tell some images apart shooting wide open. And stopped down....well, hard to see the CVs giving up any ground. My hunch is that this 50/1.1 will be quite a good lens and be more than able to capture some great images for users.
LJ
Hey Glen! I've only got 1 (zeiss 50 1.5 sonnar). Does that mean that I really can buy this one?How many 50 s can one photographer use? One more please!
I'm up to 9 and counting. They all draw differently and one is SLR only. The other are S and M mounts...How many 50 s can one photographer use? One more please!