Voigtländer Announces New 17.5mm f/0.95 Lens For Micro Four Thirds (35mm Equivalent)

by Chris Gampat on 02/06/2012

Have you ever sat there and literally drooled over an announcement? Well according to 43Rumors, Voigtlander just announced a 17.5mm f0.95; which equates to 35mm f0.95. The company already makes the very highly regarded 25mm f0.95 lens, and this is the one that I’m personally lusting after. I’m married to my Canon 35mm f1.4 L, and as my favorite focal length this has got to have Micro Four Thirds users excited everywhere. Complete with clickless aperture (excellent for video), it will also have a 58mm filter thread size. That’s about the size of the front end of a Canon 50mm f1.4. In reality, that may mean that this lens may actually be kind of big on a Micro Four Thirds camera body.

If you convert the Euros over to American, it will run you around $1704.93.

You can read more over at 43Rumors.

Tagged as: 17mm f0.95, 25mm f0.95, 35mm, lens, micro four thirds, Voigtländer

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Please could you explain how the clickless aperture helps with video? I can’t imagine the camera being able to provide a stable exposure during video recording while the aperture’s changing — can it?
- Anonymous
  
  It can’t.
  
  When an aperture clicks, the on-board mics will pick up the sound quite a bit. But beyond that, it goes immediately to the next aperture level. So for example, an f1.4 lens will go immediately to f1.8 and absolutely nothing in between.
  
  But with clickless, as you turn the dial, it will transition smoothly. Meaning that as you turn it, it could go from f1.4, to f1.5, to f1.6 to f1.8 in one smooth motion and give the sensor a bit more time to deal with it. That amounts to less shake.
  
  Ideally, you want to shoot at double your fps. So if you’re shooting at 30p, you’ll want to shoot at 1/60th of a second. And 24p at 1/48 if your camera can do it. The workaround is 1/50th. Your aperture varies, but other control options are using a variable ND filter like the Fader ND we reviewed and the ISO control.
  
  Sometimes you want to shoot wide open in bright light, so the ND filter works best for that situation.
  
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