See in the dark with Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95

This is prime of all the times – 47.3 degrees that almost matches human sight. F0.95 means that this lens gathers more light on the sensor than there is. It really helps us see in the dark and work with shallow DOF. 4/3 is almost half the size of FF35mm – that helps to develop superfast and lightweight lenses for reasonable amount of money. This lenss is not cheap – 1050$ for preorder on ebay. But this is good start as an only lens for conceptual shooter.

Cosina has just joined the 4/3 market, but we can be sure they surprise us soon with other fantastic primes!

Here are some image samples at different apertures:

Nokton 25mm @ F0.95

Nokton 25mm @ F2.8

Nokton 25mm @ F4

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Bloom’s SOUTH

Philip Bloom has made this moody cine sketch with Panasonic AG-AF 100 pre-production model and we can make few important conclusions thanks to this video:

+) Video camera with high sensitivity(ISO 3200) and dynamic range.  No rolling shutter effect, No alias and moire

– ) Bloom has tons of good glass to use with adapters on M4/3. As we can see and hear on his commentary track there is none fast wide angle to fit on 4/3 in shelves of Canon/Nikon users. So it means – more investments. Besides you need to mix different brand lenses to meet the needs of 4/3 sensor. This leads to visual cocktail.

You can read his detailed review here.

Panasonic AG-AF100 available for pre-order on B&H

B&H promise to start shipping in December 2010  and accepts pre-orders for Panasonic AG-AF100. Price is 4.800 $ – affordable for professionals but a bit high shelf for those used to DSLR prices. If you compare to investing in DSLR – you don’t need external monitor, audio mixer or Eye View Finder – it’s all included!