On the other hand, it remains to be seen whether the Nokton 25mm f/0.95 an all-manual lens or a dedicated Micro-FourThirds integrated lens with on-body aperture control and lens correction metadata included. The Summilux-D 25mm f/1.4 ASPH is not only one of the most beautiful imaging normal lenses on the format, it autofocuses AND includes chromatic aberration correction metadata (used by Panasonic Lumix G bodies for both in-camera and raw files).
Also, the design of the mount and such means that real transmission values of lens openings greater than f/1.4 are likely not significant. I paid $800 (including tax and ship) for my Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH and use it on E-1, L1 and G1 bodies interchangeably. It's about my favorite lens. It's large and heavy, but it always returns the goods. BTW, I'm not knocking Cosina's entry into Micro-FourThirds at all! I think it's a great thing. :-) On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 8/26/2010 4:21 PM, Miserere wrote: >>> >>> It's made sense all along: >>> >>> http://www.olympus-global.com/en/news/2010b/nr100826mfourthirdse.html >>> >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1008/10082619cosinamicrofourthirds.asp >>> >>> They'll be releasing the Nokton 25mm f/0.95 next month as their first >>> lens (for a little under $1,200). Talk about entering the arena with a >>> bang :-) >>> >>> >>> --M. >>> >> >> Suddenly that Leica 25/1.4 lens looks like a bargain, though it is not m43, >> but rather original 43 format... >> >> Boris >> > > The price should be more like $1000 or a bit less, so not much more > than the Leica 25 for a lens that's much smaller and over a stop > faster and also findable (teh Leica's quite hard to buy new as > Panasonic doesn't regularly ship new stock). $1200 is a conversion of > the European pricing (849 Euros) but US pricing is almost never a > direct conversion, it's usually closer to the Euro list in dollars. > > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
