[Thanks to TCGirl]
Noktor Unveils HyperPrime f/0.95 Lens, article.
Super-fast lens for low-light. Note that it's for M4/3 cameras, so the effective angle of view is like 100mm, making it a portrait and short-tele lens. It'll be interesting to see how good it is optically. Especially, good performance at full aperture is very hard to do on a fast lens.
Although it's manual focus, I like that 3rd-party lens makers are still willing to experiment with risky lenses.
Looks like a cheap piece of equipment. If it was a great performer, then Chinaman wouldn't have found it necessary to put the name of the lens in a HUGE font right on the lens body itself.
ReplyDelete"Especially full aperture performance is very hard to make good on a fast lens." < huh?
Yep, clumsy sentence. I've tried to improve it.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that it's a remounted older lens, not a new design. Made for CCTV. Prolly not all that great.
Robb in Houston said...
ReplyDelete"Looks like a cheap piece of equipment. If it was a great performer, then Chinaman wouldn't have found it necessary to put the name of the lens in a HUGE font right on the lens body itself."
Well...that's really funny, Robb...'cuz...if you had bothered to read the VERY BRIEF blurb, you would have read: "US-based company Noktor thinks there’s an opportunity for relatively affordable “hyperprime” lenses."
So...that must be why it's a piece 'o shit! :-/
So the location and address of the manufacturing plant is _____ ?
ReplyDeleteRobb in Houston said...
ReplyDelete"So the location and address of the manufacturing plant is _____ ?"
Gee, Robb. Doing ALL this "footwork" for ya and I ain't gettin' a dime! lol! ;-)
According to this crackerjack box, that I just happen to have stumbled upon - better known as...THE INTERNET!! - CHOCK FULL of a VAST WEALTH of knowledge...that we ALL can harness w/just a few clicks, (lol!) I came up with the following information...just for you:
Here is Noktor's website. Company launched 2 days ago. Owner's name: Solomom Chase; Location: Woodstock, Georgia. Either call him for the location of his manufacturing plant; or...tweet the dude...dude. ;-)
Anything else you need from me before I head out? ;-)
TC[Girl] - so where's the lens actually manufactured? Made. Fabricated.
ReplyDeleteSorry you missed my original question, but where is it made?
Robb in Houston said...
ReplyDelete"TC[Girl] - so where's the lens actually manufactured? Made. Fabricated.
Sorry you missed my original question, but where is it made?"
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