Canon made a 50/0.95 for their LTM clones. It's a *huge* lens; so big that
the lens hood has cutouts so you can see through it when looking through
the RF/viewfinder. So you won't have to do the math, it's a half-stop
faster than an f/1 lens and a full stop faster than the f/1.2 fastest
Zuikos. What I would do with a lens that fast (other than sell it to buy
another Zuiko) I don't know. Designs for lenses that fast get into some
tough compromises because of the size of elements and aperture compared to
focal length.
-- John
At 02:40 6/25/00 , Jan Steinman wrote:
>>And what lens line DOES have a
>>50/1.0 (current),
>
>I'm not sure about "current," but I believe Canon sold a 50/1.0.
>
>>and what *real* advantage would there be over a 50/1.4?
>
>Um, one whole stop -- more than the difference between a 1.8 and a 1.4?
>
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