Koscina NOKTON 25mm F0.95
- Thread starter adys
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has been mentioned here before.....under voigtlander. I wonder now: who actually builds these? and are they rebuilt c-mount cheapos? if a 50 mm f0.95 from leica Noctilux costs more than 10x as much ? the pix dont really sell me anymore....have to try it myself.
http://www.mu-43.com/f92/updated-w-image-samples-hot-new-cv-25mm-f0-95-nokton-5289/index7.html
http://www.mu-43.com/f92/updated-w-image-samples-hot-new-cv-25mm-f0-95-nokton-5289/index7.html
Barry_Green
Moderator
It's been mentioned before, yes, but adys' link is an actual review.
Sorry, I wasn't aware.
Here is amazon link
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhfwMHYMjCr_wbauD_YYKn7yUDnCQ
only 871$, that is not so much for such a lens.
Here is amazon link
http://translate.googleusercontent....&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhfwMHYMjCr_wbauD_YYKn7yUDnCQ
only 871$, that is not so much for such a lens.
Rolf Silber
Veteran
It should be Cosina in Japan - but with the name Voigtlaender they seem to have also bought a treasure or patents, licenses and construction know-how from a company that was for years (in the time dinosaurs roamed the earth... ;-)) seen as one of the top camera and lens manufacturers in Germany - on par with Leica.
They also seem to own old patents from Carl Zeiss and probably still have licenses from Schneider Kreuznach. I own a 50mm Nokton f 1.1 and it's really a great lens, only produces halos around sharply defined and very bright light sources at 1.1 - probably a problem with the sensor reflecting or something else. But that's okay with me - shooting at 1.1 gives you headaches focus wise anyhow.
So I will hold my breath until the new 25mm f 0.95 thingie arrives in my country. Have pre-ordered one and will share my experience.
Cosina/Voigtlander is a well known 3rd party manufacturer, used by many OEM's as well. They made lenses and/or bodies for Minolta, Olympus, Nikon, Pentax etc.
Many of the current 3rd party lenses not by Tamron/Tokina/Sigma are probably made by Cosina.
The current Zeiss rangefinder is made by Cosina, C/V itself has a very nice range of M-mount lenses that are of their own design.
If the 25/0.95 goes well, I'm expecting C/V to adapt some more of their manual focus lenses to the m4/3 mount... not just remounting the lens in m4/3 but adapting the formula like the 50/1.1 to 25/0.95. The C/V 15mm or 12mm would be a great start.
Many of the current 3rd party lenses not by Tamron/Tokina/Sigma are probably made by Cosina.
The current Zeiss rangefinder is made by Cosina, C/V itself has a very nice range of M-mount lenses that are of their own design.
If the 25/0.95 goes well, I'm expecting C/V to adapt some more of their manual focus lenses to the m4/3 mount... not just remounting the lens in m4/3 but adapting the formula like the 50/1.1 to 25/0.95. The C/V 15mm or 12mm would be a great start.
Rolf Silber
Veteran
Hi Kin Lau,
apart from all of that: pure mechanical quality is outstanding. The 50mm is heavy, yes, but it focusses smoothly like a Leica-glass. And a 12 mm would be just great.
apart from all of that: pure mechanical quality is outstanding. The 50mm is heavy, yes, but it focusses smoothly like a Leica-glass. And a 12 mm would be just great.