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The Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95 Promises Gorgeous Bokeh

Chris Gampat
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03/28/2018
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The Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95 was designed for full frame cameras, but is coming in Sony, Fujifilm and Leica M mounts

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything from Meyer-Optik, but now we’ve got something brand new: the Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95. This new lens is promising to have some of the most gorgeous bokeh with its 15 aperture blades–that’s much more than many modern lens options. The lens, like many of the other options out there, is manual focus and of an all metal build, and is designed to come in either silver or black. Even more interestingly, the lens starts out at f0.95 and stops down to only f11. Weird, right? Well, not really.

If you’re getting a lens like the Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95, chances are you’re getting it specifically to shoot it wide open or with a very shallow depth of field. So it would make sense that they’re only letting it stop down so much. With a very close focusing distance, and steel incorporated into the design, I can see this being quite the portrait lens for many photographers. Portrait photographers looking for a shorter focal length with some dreamy bokeh will probably want to reach for this on their Sony FE or Leica M bodies. If you’re using it with a Fujifilm X series camera though, then you’ll get a 75mm field of view. Unfortunately, if you’re a Leica M user then there is no rangefinder coupling. Why? I’m honestly not sure. I’d figure that’s an essential feature if you’re shooting and not in Live View mode.

Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95 Technical Specifications:

Focal length: 50 mm

Aperture: f0.95-11

Angle of view: 23°

Minimum focusing distance: 50 cm

Filter diameter: 67 mm

Optical design: 10 elements in 7 groups

Aperture blades: 15, steel, special anti-reflex coating

Weight: 790 g

Color: Black or Silver

Sample Images from the Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95

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You can get the Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus III 50 f0.95 lens on pre-sale over at their website at $1,749 before it goes up to $2,999.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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