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To get a Nokton 25mm, you may just need to phone the right people.

I ordered mine on Amazon FR (which carried it), they gave me an estimate date for delivery but then cancelled my order because they couldn’t be sure about the date anymore.

So I tried another french website that carried it and was supposed to get new stock two days after my order, because they had a local pick-up option and were a tiny bit cheaper than another website that did have some Noktons in stock.

HUGE MISTAKE! Two days passed and they basically told me on the phone that they gave random dates of availability since they could never be sure!
In the meanwhile, the other website went out of Noktons so I could not order there.

I then thought what the heck, I’m in Paris where there are many brick and mortar shops, so I called the french company that distributes Cosina lenses to shops, eventually got the phone number of a sales rep who gave me some addresses of shops that did carry the Nokton.

One hour later, I was walking out of the last shop that carried the last Nokton in Paris, and that Nokton was mine! (And 15% cheaper than on eBay too!)

So, if you happen to have many actual shops around you, try this method and you might just be lucky.