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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 16:43:35 -0500

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
I sure tried to see any metadata and couldn't"
Do you have to be a friend of flickr to see it?
I do not belong. Was on it all last night looking at my X's shots from Cuba.

Not like me to not see that was a flash picture.





[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner





In reply to: Message from khc1013 at gmail.com (Anthony Kwan) ([Leica] $750 f. 0.95 lens for Panasonic GF-1 shipping in time for Tax Day)