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Cosina, the camera giant responsible for many rebranded cameras and lenses, along with its own Voigtlnder brand, has joined the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) team. That means it will begin making lenses for the cameras from Panasonic and Olympus.

This is pretty big news. While the lens line-up for the large-sensor mirrorless cameras is growing, with even a Leica-branded lens on sale, it is doing so rather slowly. Adding Cosina to the team means that we should soon see a whole lot of interesting glass which will work fully with the cameras, and without adapters.

Not convinced? The first MFT lens from Cosina is its amazing Nokton 25mm 0.95 prime, a 50mm equivalent lens which can see better in the dark than you can. It will be on sale in October for Around $1,100.

And it’s not just lenses. It’s possible that we could see a Voigtlnder camera-body in the near future, too. Given that Voigtlnder is a name closely associated with rangefinder cameras, which are the spiritual ancestor of the Micro Four Thirds cameras, this is pretty exciting stuff. An MFT camera with chunky metal body and all-manual knobs and dials? Yes please. Welcome aboard, Cosina!

Cosina Joins the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group [Olympus via DP Review]

Micro Four Thirds Nokton [Cosina]

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Cosina, the maker of my first ever 35mm SLR and current owner of the prestigious Voigtlnder brand, has announced a rather exciting accessory. Its an adapter to attach M-mount lenses onto Micro Four Thirds cameras.

What does that actually mean? It means that you can buy one of the burgeoning range of modern m4/3 digicams and slip on a lens from Leica, Voigtlnder or Carl Zeiss. Essentially this means you can use some of the best lenses ever made on some pretty cheap and full featured bodies (the Panasonic G1, for instance).

There are some limits. The adapter is mechanical only, which means that there will be no communication between the camera and lens. This could mess with some advanced metering features, and also leave gaps in your photos metadata, but for older, non-chipped lenses this wont matter anyway.

This product alone actually makes the Micro Four Thirds system much more enticing, and until Leica comes out with a proper digital M-series camera, why not save some money and use this instead? 19,800 or around $200.

Product page [Cosina via DP Review]

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Cosina, the maker of my first ever 35mm SLR and current owner of the prestigious Voigtlnder brand, has announced a rather exciting accessory. Its an adapter to attach M-mount lenses onto Micro Four Thirds cameras.

What does that actually mean? It means that you can buy one of the burgeoning range of modern m4/3 digicams and slip on a lens from Leica, Voigtlnder or Carl Zeiss. Essentially this means you can use some of the best lenses ever made on some pretty cheap and full featured bodies (the Panasonic G1, for instance).

There are some limits. The adapter is mechanical only, which means that there will be no communication between the camera and lens. This could mess with some advanced metering features, and also leave gaps in your photos metadata, but for older, non-chipped lenses this wont matter anyway.

This product alone actually makes the Micro Four Thirds system much more enticing, and until Leica comes out with a proper digital M-series camera, why not save some money and use this instead? 19,800 or around $200.

Product page [Cosina via DP Review]

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