According to http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20130131_585912.html The lens has the "video-friendly" clickless aperture system, minimum focusing distance of 23cm and maximum magnification ratio 1:4. It would be interesting to compare the Nokton to the coming 42.5mm f/1.2 from Panasonic, whenever that shows up.

Maybe 42.5 x2 sensor crop to make it 85mm 35mmsensor FOV ?

Does seem in line a bit with the 17mm (approx 35mm 35mmsensor FOV) and 25mm (approx 50mm 35mmsensor FOV)

full-frame 35mm speaking a set of 35,50,85 focal lengths is quite common.

Samples:

• http://bbs.kakaku.com/bbs/K0000145739/SortID=15702607/ImageID=1443875/
• http://bbs.kakaku.com/bbs/K0000145739/SortID=15702607/ImageID=1443878/
• http://bbs.kakaku.com/bbs/K0000145739/SortID=15702607/ImageID=1443881/

...was really hoping for a 12.5mm or something in that area to be coming next. They went the wrong direction. I guess I'm sticking with my Olympus for now.

@mee I agree. 17.5, 25 and 42.5 at 0.95 is a great set. Now they can concentrate on a wide angle.

More info via http://photoscala.de/Artikel/Nokton-095425-mm-und-Nokton-1550-mm-asph

Minimum aperture: f/16;

Optical formula: 11 elements in 8 groups;

Angle of view: 30.5 °;

Number of Aperture blades:10;

Diameter: 64.3 mm;

Filter size: 58 mm;

Length: 74.6 mm

Available in the middle (summer) of 2013

http://photography-youandme.blogspot.de/2013/03/voigtlaender-425mm-f095-first-pics.html

UPDATE: Voiglander's website are now showing a lower RRP of €999.

Looks lovely. Tough to decide which Voigtlander will be my first...

42.5mm lens has a feature which is familiar from the previous 17.5mm lens. They both share stepless aperture control.

Voigtländer is a solid and heavy performer. Mechanically it's amazingly well designed and it will not disappoint its user who know how to harness its power.

http://www.henrysnote.com/2013/08/voigtlander-425mm-f095-lens-review.html#!/2013/08/voigtlander-425mm-f095-lens-review.html

For such a fast lens, the Voigtländer 42.5mm f/0.95 is quite sharp, even at wide apertures. At typical portrait focus distances, the 42.5mm f/0.95 is quite sharp right from f/0.95, though there is lowered contrast than at smaller apertures. However, focusing outside of this range, both on more distant subjects and especially on closer subjects, results in softer images when the lens is shot wide open, predominantly due to rather heavy spherical aberration at certain focus distances.

At f/0.95 to f/1.4, the lens provides enough sharpness to give you nice detail at the point of focus, while falling off gracefully to allow for very nice portraits.

Once stopped down to f/1.4 or f/2., the lens loses most of its low-contrast glow and starts becoming extremely sharp. At f/4-f/8, the lens is razor sharp from corner to corner. Click on the image below to enlarge

• http://www.dslrmagazine.com/pruebas/pruebas-tecnicas/voigtlander-nokton-42-5-mm-f-0-95-la-prueba.html
• http://admiringlight.com/blog/review-voigtlander-nokton-42-5mm-f0-95/

Contrast is good, even when shooting into the light. Hood is supplied with the lens, which does a sterling job of shielding the lens from extraneous light that may cause issues.

At f/0.95 center sharpness is approaching very good levels, although the clarity towards the edges of the frame is only fairly good at this aperture, which is typical for a lens with such a fast maximum aperture. Stopping down greatly improves sharpness across the frame, resulting in outstanding clarity between f/2.8 and f/8 across the frame.

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/voigtlander-42-5mm-f-0-95-nokton-lens-review-23285