How Faster Can You Get?

[Raoul Isidro]

Canon 50mm
F 0.95!

Canon 7s with super fast Canon 50mm 0.95 lens + manual - eBay, 35mm Rangefinder, Film Cameras, Cameras Photo. (end time 06-Feb-10 10:52:07 AEDST)

[dcclark]

For those who like to measure Depth of Field on an atomic scale... :P

[OsmosisStudios]

Leica still make it. It's not cheap.

[Quo Fan]

Incorrectly identified as a SLR. It is a rangefinder with interchangeable lenses.

[vandergus]

Well, there was the Zeiss 50mm f0.7, famous for allowing Stanley Kubrick to shoot scenes by lit only candle light in the film Barry Lyndon. That's pretty fast.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by vandergus

Well, there was the Zeiss 50mm f0.7, famous for allowing Stanley Kubrick to shoot scenes by lit only candle light in the film Barry Lyndon. That's pretty fast.

Yes, but that's not for 35mm: thats a video camera lens. 0.75 is pretty average.

[vandergus]

Well it's not really a cinema lens either. Kubrick had to adapt it for use on his camera. It was originally developed by NASA so I have no idea what the intended format was. But I highly doubt that f/0.7 is "average" for cinema lenses.

[spazoid1965]

Fastest in current production.
YouTube - Noctilux - Worlds Fastest Camera Lens

[inkista]

Canon had an EF 50mm f/1.0L USM which had the bragging rights for fastest SLR lens, I believe.

The Canon 50/0.95 was the fastest rangefinder/35mm lens. Mostly commonly found with a Canon 7. A lot of folks buy these to adapt for Leica M mount.

The Leica-M Noctilux, until last year, was an f/1.0 lens, but with their recent redesign, it's now also an f/0.95. They never made a R version of the Noctilux.

If you need low-cost and fast-fast in rangefinder glass, you'll probably go for the Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1 instead. It's only $1k vs. the Noctilux's $10k pricetag.

[Raoul Isidro]

SLR Lens going in 2 days...
Canon EOS 50mm 1.0L Series Lens - eBay Digital Camera Lenses, Lenses, Photographic Accessories, Cameras. (end time 05-Feb-10 12:16:36 AEDST)