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Subject: [Leica] $750 f. 0.95 lens for Panasonic GF-1 shipping in time for Tax Day
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:17:46 -0500

> 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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