Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 $100 price increase, now $999

over in the UK its $1350!

if its just been upped in the US it will probably creep up to $1500 in the UK.

i did see one on ebay go for around $1650! compare that to $850!

i feel sick.
 
I knew this was going to happen. The lens is a hot item so a 100 bucks is not too bad, considering what it is. I bet the manufacturer had no idea it would be so sought after. Personally I think it's worth a thousand bucks... Recently we just also picked up the 7-14 lumix lens. Looks like the only thing I still have to pick up is the 100-300. Then I'll have all the lenses that I originally wanted to get...
 
Bummer, but maybe demand will lower a little bit in the next year as Cosina can build more. This is probably telling the market fast lens = big hit. I think it also says there is a portion of users that don't care about size and AF. I hope next up is 40mm and then a 7mm.
 
bitcrusher said:
maybe demand will lower a little bit in the next year as Cosina can build more.
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Demand also might be affected by the release of Pany's 25mm f1.4 (for ~$700) sometime this year (summer?)--one stop slower, but full auto and (now) $300 cheaper.

BTW anyone else having problems getting through to PhotoVillage on the phone? - Mark
 
BitMaestro said:
Demand also might be affected by the release of Pany's 25mm f1.4 (for ~$700) sometime this year (summer?)--one stop slower, but full auto and (now) $300 cheaper.

BTW anyone else having problems getting through to PhotoVillage on the phone? - Mark
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They are quick to reply by email when the next Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 shipment arrives if you clicked the "Notify me when this product becomes available" and gave them your email address.

http://photovillage.com/product.php?productid=3706&cat=0&page=1

http://photovillage.com/stock_notify.php?productid=3706
 
Supply and demand baby. The small niche market suddenly got huge. As they are 'mass produced' in japan and not hand made in Germany maybe they'll ramp up production in the coming year.

Let's hope that when zeiss launches m4/3 native lenses, they recognize the market size and needed price point. A manual prime may be a high end small niche market for the stills community, but absolutely required for motion. An infinite spin AF ring does not cut it.
 
They really need to make a Mk2 version.

Now that we're stuck in stop-down metering mode, we don't need our blades to fire when we hit the shutter, so why not make a 20 blade version that has a beautiful round bokeh at all apertures?

Sure, the cost, but really, this lens deserves more (and rounder) blades. The bokeh shape on this lens stopped down is horrible and star-like, and it's such a shame because I can't fault the lens otherwise.
 
No, really, even 8 curved blades would look nicer than the 10 straight blades they put on this lens. Sure the images it produces are still beautiful in so many ways, but they didn't do it justice with 10 straight blades in my opinion. Old Russian lenses like my Tair 11a 135mm f2.8 had 20 blades, all functioning beautifully - perfectly round apertures at any setting, and step-less aperture too!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Tair11a.jpg
 
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