Leica has announced a new version of the Noctilux, replacing the old and slow f/1.0 version with a new and significantly faster f/0.95 version. It took them 48 years to match Canon’s old 50 f/0.95, so I’m surprised they didn’t just one up them a bit and go for a 0.94, but nobody ever really knows that Leica is thinking.
Look to spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $11000 for this lens, which was probably released to make sure that the new M8.2 (over $6000) has something to come home with to avoid feeling lonely.
No sign of a Leica micro 4/3 rangefinder system but I’m still hoping they’ll do something interesting with it.
