Techlust: Noktor Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 lens... I WANT
Let's dispense with the normal "Hi everyone, I know I haven't been writing in awhile" greetings and get down to the meat of this entry yeah? Meet the NOKTOR Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 lens. I WANT ONE! Probably one of the fastest lenses on the market today, Noktor's newest (and first) product opens up at an f-stop of 0.95. [The fastest lens I've ever owned is an Olympus OM 50mm with a max aperture of 1.8. But since it's an OM and needs an adapter to fit on my E-410, it ends up giving me a field of view equivalent to a 100mm lens because of the 2x crop-factor.] The Noktor HyperPrime is designed for the Micro Four Thirds line (so sadness on my part). It's also got manual aperture and focus controls so the trigger-happy folks will really have to work at focusing their shots first, specially in low-light where this lens finds its home. Can you imagine the depth of field on this thing though? Wait, don't imagine. Check it out! The following are sample phot...