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Subject: [Leica] $750 f. 0.95 lens for Panasonic GF-1 shipping in time for Tax Day
From: khc1013 at gmail.com (Anthony Kwan)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:22:34 -0600
References: <c7c8cf881003010621n28140ac0uc397f4a132c77fdb@mail.gmail.com> <C7B1992A.5E7DA%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I don't think that the first picture is taken by the noktor nor it is a
mirror shot. It's just taken by a Canon DSLR. I was pretty impressed when I
looked at it. Then O found out that is taken by someone else with another
camera.

Anthony

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> > If you want to see more picture taken by the lens, there is a set on
> Flickr:
> >   http://www.flickr.com/photos/theleggett/sets/72157623527995554/
> >
> > What do you think about it?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> The first picture of the guy shooting the camera in the mirror after he
> turned the lights off in the room makes me think that in the naming it
> Noktor F0.95 they were doing so to indicate it was designed for low light
> night photography like the Noctilux was. Its not just a real fast lens. Its
> a special purpose lens. If that's the case.
>
> Most people shooting the smaller digital formats nowadays do so at
> surprisingly low ISO's, 100 even and rely on the vibration reduction in the
> lens or camera to make this possible and its very possible.
> How a high speed lens competes against this might be interesting.
> Perhaps there is VR in some of the body's this lens goes on I would think
> that would be the case.
> Are there aspherics in it? Seems like a bit of a monster!
> But f 0.95  AND BE THERE combined with anti vibration that's going to shoot
> a black cat at midnight on the dark side of Pluto. Giving the low light
> stuff people are getting now with a D3s a run for their money.
>
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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