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The Micro Four Thirds system has wide-angle primes and zooms aplenty but the same cannot be said for extreme wide-angle non-fisheye primes. Enter the Voigtlander 10.5mm f/0.95, a lens that claims two important titles: not only is it one of the widest non-fisheye primes for Micro Four Thirds*, but it is also the fastest wide angle lens for the system.
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A few months ago, I wrote an article about my favourite lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system. Out of the five listed, two were portrait lenses – the “cheap and cheerful” M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8, which we currently own, and the Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2, the so-called “bokeh beast” from Panasonic Lumix.
Both lenses are tack sharp at their fastest aperture, so when we received the Voigtlander 42.5mm f/0.95 for testing, I was eager to see whether what the incredibly fast 0.95 aperture would give me something that these two lenses could not.
For lovers of shallow depth of field and subject isolation, it is difficult not to get wobbly-kneed when faced with an image shot at f/1.4 on a full-frame camera, especially if a shorter focal length was used. It is what many full-frame to Micro Four Thirds converts miss about their old system, and can be a roadblock for those considering the so-called switch.
The Nokton 25mm f/0.95 is either a lens you love or hate. It gives your photographs a unique look and produces a very soft and pleasant bokeh, but the lens doesn’t come without its faults.
As always, the question is: is it worth adding to your collection? I’d say ‘yes’ if you are willing to invest in a product knowing that it isn’t perfect … but first things first!