Nouveau : Voigtländer 25mm f/0.95 pour µ4/3

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Monté sur boîtier Olympus.

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La seule différence, c'est le réglage de l'ouverture avec ou sans "clics", au choix de l'utilisateur. Tout le reste est identique. Disponible en mars.
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Essai de la version II du Voigtländer 25 mm f/0,95 Nokton par ePHOTOzine :

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/voigtlander-25mm-f-0-95-nokton-version-ii-lens-review-25344

Est-ce un réel progrès d'une version à l'autre ou une simple dispersion entre exemplaires mais ils le trouvent plus piqué et plus contrasté que l'exemplaire de la version I qu'il leur avait été donné d'essayer précédemment.

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Essai de la version II du Voigtländer 25 mm f/0,95 Nokton par ePHOTOzine :

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/voigtlander-25mm-f-0-95-nokton-version-ii-lens-review-25344

Est-ce un réel progrès d'une version à l'autre ou une simple dispersion entre exemplaires mais ils le trouvent plus piqué et plus contrasté que l'exemplaire de la version I qu'il leur avait été donné d'essayer précédemment.

Pour le contraste, ce n'est pas si étonnant, c'est peut être une simple question technique, ils appliquent les traitements anti-reflet utilisés par eux actuellement. Garder les anciens couteraient plus cher.

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Essai de la version II du Voigtländer 25 mm f/0,95 Nokton par Richard :

http://photobyrichard.com/reviewbyrichard/voigtlander-nokton-25mm-f0-95-type-ii-review/

Les photos sont téléchargeables en 2.000 x 1.500.

"The Voigtlander 25mm f/0.95 is a beautiful lens.  It's not very often you'll see a pure metal lens like the Voigtlander these days and even more rare one with such a low price.  Yes I said low price and I know the price is almost $1000US. But any decent f/0.95 lens would cost you a lot more than what Voigtlander is asking for. And even without the f/0.95 super fast aperture, the build quality alone is worth the price tag.

While the image quality is only acceptable, and not excellent at wide open. The important thing is, it allows micro four thirds users to do things that was impossible before.

Firstly, it allows you to shoot under very low light,  something I previously have to rely solely on my full frame DSLRs. You can lower your ISO by two stops compare to shooting with a f/1.8 lens. That is enough to make up the difference between the full frame sensor and micro four thirds sensor.

Secondly, it allows you to create narrow depth of field shots that was previously not possible because of the smaller micro four thirds sensor. Want a bit of separation between your subject and the background? The f/0.95 aperture will help you to do it.

However this is not a lens I would recommend to everyone. It is a bit too heavy for a lot of micro four thirds users, and unless you are using one of the larger micro four thirds camera, the Voigtlander would make your camera feel really unbalanced.  Also manual focus really is not the easiest thing to do if you are shooting a moving object. And yes the image quality at f/0.95 is not really that great.

But to me, all of these doesn't matter. I really enjoy shooting with this lens. I don't mind the below average picture quality at f/0.95. It feels awesome just to hold it and play with the focus ring. This lens gives me back some of those raw, direct control that is lost in the modern cameras. I can now get a shot under low light instead of nothing at all and I got some pretty bokeh as well.

Maybe it's the photographer's romance?"