Sunday 10 February 2019

aperture - What is special about lenses with f-number < 1?


Talking about fast lenses, Wikipedia mentions



Nikon TV-Nikkor 35mm f/0.9-Fastest Nikon lens ever made



Why don't, for example, f/0.5 lenses exist?


Is there some special construction that comes into play for an f/0.9 lens?





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