$1,300 (¥130,000) might sound like a lot for a camera lens, but if it’s the new Voigtländer 50mm ƒ1.1 for Leica M cameras, it’s a bargain. To get anything close from Leica itself you’ll need to buy the slightly faster Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M, a lens which costs a stunning $10,000.
The new Voigtländer lens, made by parent company Cosina, is clearly a good deal if you need either the extraordinary light gathering ability of an ƒ1.1 lens, or the extremely short depth of field it offers (this last provides extra fun as the lens focuses manually). The Leica is quite likely to be optically better than the Voigtländer, but is it $9,900 better? And although at this end of the lens market, every extra ounce of light counts, you’re really only getting around half a stop more with the Leica.
This new lens starts to look particularly attractive when you consider that Voigtländer and Panasonic also makes adapters so M-mount lenses will fit on Micro Four Thirds Cameras. Available later this month.
Product page [Cosina via DP Review]
See Also:
- Panasonic Adapts Leica Lenses for Modern Digicams
- Voigtländer Adapter Puts Leica Lenses on Micro Four Thirds Cameras …
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