Leica .95 ain't got nothing on this.

[Sachphotography]

Ok sorry for the use of my slang "aint" LOL but I came across this guy and wrote a blog about it.

anywho enjoy

Kowa 65mm f/0.75

Would be cool if it could be made workable but who knows.

 

[usayit]

Fast lenses are all around... the key is making them produce quality images. That's were the complexity and cost lies....

Modified by Stanley Kubrick's crew for use was a Zeiss 50mm f/0.70 planer... it was used for filming "Barry Lyndon" and was amazingly beautiful on the big screen. The Leica 50mm f/0.95 ASPH still produces images that would put that lens to shame. Even the old and non-asph 50mm /f1 from either Leica or Canon looks better. The sample posted looks like someone with cateracts which is almost unusable in still photography.

Leitz 90mm f/1 also exists and like the lens linked was also designed for X-ray machines... equally as "unusable".

If someone could modify an aperture diaphragm and somehow focus it.. now that would be interesting.

 

[Sachphotography]

LOL yeah I never said it was good. I think if it could be stopped down and focused that would be another story indeed.

 

[djacobox372]

Pretty cool stuff, but with the extension tube he's likely not achieving f0.75.

 

[den9]

i bet the german made lens is much superior

for the price, and probably usability, the canon 50 f/1.2 would be my choice

 

[Sachphotography]

i bet the german made lens is much superior

for the price, and probably usability, the canon 50 f/1.2 would be my choice

I just sold one of those. I found it from an older camera shop. She gave it to me for $70. I played with it a little on my old FT and sold it on ebay. The DOF was amazing.

 

[soylentgreen]

On a side note, Cosina/Voigtlander is releasing a 25mm f/.95 for the Micro Four Third system soon. It's priced in the realm of possibility for the us peons at under $1K USD.

Voigtlaender - MFT Lenses

 

[Sachphotography]

Very interesting indeed.