Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:11 pm
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Now that's a fast lens!
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:11 pmRe: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:18 pm... and check out the price
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:20 pmNot bloody cheap either! Yikes!
Edit : Starforge beat me to it.
Edit : Starforge beat me to it.
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:34 pmYou could buy a serious bit of flash gear with $13,000!!! And then struggle through with a f1.4
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:36 pmGreg B wrote:You could buy a serious bit of flash gear with $13,000!!! And then struggle through with a f1.4
Absolutely, and I still don't think anyone would 'struggle' with 1.4, that's still pretty fast. That price is crazy!
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:10 pmThat is an amazing price, seems like they are building it themselves. I wonder if many will be sold in these days of high ISO digitals? For that money you could buy a D3 or D700 and a 1.4
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:30 pmGeoff wrote:That price is crazy!
What are you talking about? It's less than double the cost of the M8.2 camera that it fits onto.
Would you quibble much about spending less than double the cost of your DSLR on a lens? Sure it is an expensive lens, but you could spend many times that on some specialised lenses from Nikon/Canon (e.g. the super telephotos).
I had to laugh when I heard about the M8.2: I know someone who's just bought a M8!
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:38 pmDaveB wrote:I had to laugh when I heard about the M8.2: I know someone who's just bought a M8!
Well they can trade up for just $400 pounds, a bargain really!
Re: Now that's a fast lens!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:32 pmWell, it will come down in price in its own good time.