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New 0.95 50mm noctilux clone !

Dam it.... I saw this lens mentioned somewhere else and got all exited then thought i best check reduser......thanks guys
 
There's two different lenses. One is the old 4/3 version and then there is the new one, which will be hand produced, in the tenths not in the hundreds. They mentioned they will also disassemble and reassemble if the lens does not hold up. These are hand picked pieces and will eventually cost around 4300 each.

They will create a "Stealth version" with a black ring instead of the green one.
The cine version will be without focus shift, no breathing and calibrated in T Stops. (Probably PL mount.)

seeing the pictures Steve Huff posted, this lens looks amazing. I have no affiliation whatsoever, but I just don't like this standard dismissive attitude without anyone ever having touched the cine version yet. Why don't you just accept it for an announced lens, watch out until its there and than you can still hate it ;)

This is the kind of attitude RED had (and still has) to fight against. Dismissive behavior just because this is a company that never has done anything like that in the past. I for my part, find it interesting and I choose to wait and see if it holds up to the time, when it's shipping.

Here's what Andrew of SLR Magic has to say about the cine version vs the Leica M version (again, this lens is something totally different than the cheaper 4/3)

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/02/04/the-slr-magic-hyperprime-50-lm-t0-95-leica-mount-lens-rolling-review/

1) The CINE and LM version are different mechanically. The LM version is a mechanically different version in both mechanical design and materials for RF coupling compatibility. The only thing that is the same about the two is the optical design. Differences in materials, mechanical parts, and labor involved to calibrate the lens is the cause of the price difference. If used on a mirrorless camera with an adapter the two versions will look the same optically.

2) The lens is designed to be a professional cinema lens. What this means is that the lens does not have breathing, no focus shift, and calibrated in T stops. Breathing is when focusing will cause the angle of view to change while focusing. This is common for many lenses. Focus shift is when focal point is shifted as a lens is stopped down. This is very obvious when seen through video with the lens. T stop is the true stop of the lens so that when filmmakers switch between lenses there will be no jump in brightness. With a regular lens F stop is calculated and not measured so it will be different across lenses even from the same brand. Lastly is the stepless round aperture blades. This means you get to have everything else in between. Could help when using A mode and looking at the desired shutter speed. A bless for some and a nightmare for some.

The fact that it is a cinema lens does NOT mean it is a cheap video lens as many think. There are a lot of requirements to a good cinema lens. Lenses designed to Cinema specs can easily sell for 30-40K a piece!

What he said about focus shift and lens production…

3) Focus shift is not killing our production rate. Focus shift depends on optical design and we do not have issues with focus shift. The part where I mentioned we switch out for elements by dissembling and assembling the lens all over again is to make sure ALL copies of the T0.95 lens performs with superior optical quality (sharpness and centering). This limits our production rate for all lenses. We do not ship sub par T0.95 lenses so the answer is YES. The prototypes are hand picked. This hand picking process will also apply to every T0.95 lens that ships.
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Having earned a living since mid-80's as a freelance journalist, I know better than to comment on a quality of a product I haven't tested myself.

I've witnessed some rather... uh, entrepreneurial people scamming their customers by taking a cheap piece of garbage, basically gluing on some useless blinkenlights and selling the product at a markup of several thousand percent. Funnily enough it was the high price tag which led their customers into believing the product was of high quality -- while everything else about the product screamed otherwise.

The above anecdote is totally unrelated to anything discussed in this thread, I'm sure.
 
Petri Teittinen said:
Having earned a living since mid-80's as a freelance journalist, I know better than to comment on a quality of a product I haven't tested myself.

I've witnessed some rather... uh, entrepreneurial people scamming their customers by taking a cheap piece of garbage, basically gluing on some useless blinkenlights and selling the product at a markup of several thousand percent. Funnily enough it was the high price tag which led their customers into believing the product was of high quality -- while everything else about the product screamed otherwise.

The above anecdote is totally unrelated to anything discussed in this thread, I'm sure.
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Still awesome ;) yet so scary true
 
Wise words Petri ....i did get exited and thought about a down payment.....i do respect everyones opinion it gives me a better perspective. Cheers
 
Jeff Wong said:
F0.92 and T0.95? I thought anything lower than T1 was only theoretical.
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No, they're just really expensive if you want to maintain good image quality.
I have an old Perkin Elmer 90mm f/0.7 sitting around here. They even go down to f/0.55 in lithography

The theoratical limit would be F/0.5 incase there's air between the elements.
 
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