ART A 1969 test of four fast lenses, including Nikkor and Noctilux

[Bloke]

http://www.edsawyer.com/Rokkor_Leica_fast_lens_test.pdf

And today people think f/2.8 is fast.

 

[Perkwunos]

http://www.edsawyer.com/Rokkor_Leica_fast_lens_test.pdf

And today people think f/2.8 is fast.

Being that lens speed is pretty much entirely a function of size, and the technology to make them has been around for quite sometime, not really that surprising in actuality...
cool none the less

 

[Jcolman]

http://www.edsawyer.com/Rokkor_Leica_fast_lens_test.pdf

And today people think f/2.8 is fast.

Actually we think that f/2.8 is fast when it pertains to zoom lenses, not primes.