Thanks, Scarodactyl.
When I click that link (as I did quite a few times earlier), I see "Sorry, this item is no longer available!" Lower down on the page, I see a list of objectives that include this one, but without prices.
I did think that Lothar had posted the prices in this thread, but could not find them again. Since you confirmed they exist, I looked again just now. Yes indeed,
they are in a post on page five. Guess I'd just missed it when combing back through.
Scarodactyl wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:27 am
I already have a good selection of 50x objectives but it would still be tempting to me (if I could spend that much on an objective anyway).
I'm not in the market for such a lens at present, either, since I have the Mitutoyo lenses 50x/0.55 and 100x/0.70. I'd love to test one of these "new" lenses, though, against my known-good Mitutoyo's.
Klavs' images are impressive. This said, I'm not willing to trust a lens until it has been compared head-to-head with a known standard under identical conditions. This requires "same photographer," "same rig," "same subject," "same lighting," and "same testing session."
Also, as lenses from any maker can exhibit a lot of sample variation, I wouldn't be able to recommend lenses from a manufacturer until I'd tested quite a number of specimens. One sample is far from enough: A good result probably demonstrates that the design is sound; numerous good results are needed to demonstrate that production is routinely solid.
I'm curious about this objective, but not $1,100 USD worth of curious. If anyone wants to lend me one to test against known benchmarks, let me know.
If this objective does prove--reliably, sample after sample--to be as good as somewhere-between-the-Mitutoyo-50/0.55-and-100/0.70, there should be a feeding frenzy around it. If the quality is there, the price is very appealing.
--Chris S.