Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] Niktolux Z 58mm f/0.95 S
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 06:55:55 -0400
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And its four pound lens on a one pound camera body. Roughly speaking.
For eight grand. I'll be interested in how many people buy it and if its for 
all that any good.

 
 

-- 

Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

?On 10/11/19, 4:08 AM, "LUG on behalf of John McMaster" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of john at 
mcmaster.co.uk> wrote:

    Over $16K/kg (f0.95 black from B&H)....  I find the 700g weight of it 
quite heavy on the M, even compared to 50/1 or 75/1.4...
    
    john
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On 
Behalf Of Philippe via LUG
    Sent: 11 October 2019 08:08
    To: Leica Users Group
    Cc: Philippe
    Subject: Re: [Leica] Niktolux Z 58mm f/0.95 S
    
    $4,000 a kilo? How does this compare with the Nocti?
    
    Amities
    
    Philippe
    
    
    
    > Le 11 oct. 2019 ? 07:24, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org> a ?crit :
    > 
    > 2Kg or 4.4 pounds.
    > 
    > Frank FilipponeRed735i at verizon.net
    > 
    > 
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
    > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
    > Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2019 6:43 pm
    > Subject: Re: [Leica] Niktolux Z 58mm f/0.95 S
    > 
    > It's almost FOUR pounds ;-) about three times the weight.
    > 
    > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 10:02 PM Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com> wrote:
    > 
    >> I'm seeing the Nikkor Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens ready Halloween night 
for
    >> 8 Grand American money for the full frame mirrorless Nikons.
    >> It looks like a ground to air missile launcher I'd much prefer my 
Noctilux
    >> 50 f1 slow as it is its way more compact and has swirly mearly bokeh 
wide
    >> open or close to it.
    >> They, the Nikon people just now also released a 1.5 cropped format 
(DX)
    >> Mirrorless to compete with its competition who are selling these type 
of
    >> things like hotcakes. Under a grand even with a cropped lens they 
made for
    >> it.
    >> It might also be nice to get an M adaptor for it and with my 
Marktilux -
    >> Noctilux  I'd have a 75mm f1 and be there. Can't beat that!
    >> 
    >> 
    >> --
    >> 
    >> Mark William Rabiner
    >> Photographer
    >> 
    
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