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Hi folks,

Word on the Net is that Noktor has been bought by SLR Magic. Not a company that had raised its head above my personal horizon so I did a bit of digging and it turns out that their main presence is an ebay store-front. A bit more digging turned up a remarkably uninformative website at http://www.slrmagic.com/index.html (I'm always suspicious of companies that don't include their company address on their websites) but a DNS lookup (here) at least revealed the address of the site owner. "Flat B" no less.

Ho hum, that's the nature of the brave new virtual world I guess. But the good news is that despite a rather New Age approach to its company's web presence it appears that SLR Magic is going to revitalise Noktor with a full-frame 50mm F0.95 rescue and a 28mm F2.8 E-mount lens for Sony's NEX system which will be announced next month (source). Very commendable so good luck to all concerned.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

slrmagic are known to me through their lens releases on mirrorless systems. Essentially mount changed C-mount lenses on the relative cheap, so nothing really special there. Then again, that's all that Noktor were too (albeit with better marketing), so it is a decent match.

I wouldn't expect any miracles...

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.