Juha Kannisto
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rscheffler wrote:
Juha, thanks for the kakaku link. It's very interesting to see the sales ranking. Am I correct that the ranking would be based on sales through kakaku? Do you think it's indicative of the overall Japanese market? Perhaps the best thing I learned from the link is that I can buy some of these lenses from kakaku via the BuySmartJapan freight forwarder. Some of the Voigtlander lenses are a fair amount less in Japan than here in Canada (B&H, etc., stopped shipping Voigltander to Canada, though I could circumvent that through Amazon dot com), so it's very tempting. For certain lenses it might be worth it even considering BSJ's fee adds 15%.
Regarding the popularity of the 40/1.4: yes, the price in Japan is really attractive. As I mentioned in the other thread, I need to use mine again and re-familiarize myself with it. On Leica M I recall it has quite strong field curvature and some focus shift, but while background bokeh can be busy, I recall it's fairly gentle wide open in the plane of focus. For a short time I shot APS-C with it and really liked it as a 60mm crop equivalent for people photos, which also cropped out the more problematic periphery. IIRC, when I tested it on Sony mirrorless back when the a7 first launched, the thick sensor stack somewhat neutralized the strong field curvature I saw on Leica M, which could make it a reasonable pick for adapting to Sony. While the 40/1.2 is possibly more appealing, as you mentioned, the 40/1.4 is very small and cheap....Show more →
Kakaku.com is primarily a price comparison site and they collect price information and sales rankings info from a lot of camera and electronics shops across Japan including all the biggest stored like Bic Camera, Yodobashi Camera, Sofmap, Amazon JP, Map Camera etc. They update the rankings every day at noon based on latest data which I think is not based on a single day's sales but on some longer window. When new lenses get announced it usually takes a week or so before they can get high in the rankings. They also have user reviews and comments etc. I don't think they sell directly by themselves but I'm not sure about the buying option you mentioned. Their rankings data should be representative of overall sales in Japan although sales from all small shops are not covered in their data. People use the site a lot to check product information like prices in different shops, user reviews etc. From the product listings you can go to various shops' sites for ordering from those shops directly.
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