Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aperture Series: Sprinter Van, Sunlit Frontal View

2018-02-19 • SEND FEEDBACK |
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The about $1099 Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical offers the highest lens speed available for a normal lens on Sony.

Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical

The Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 has some highly unusual behaviors, which are shown here to illustrate its unsuitability for general purpose photography (or video).

Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aperture Series: Sprinter Van, Sunlit Frontal View

Includes images up to full resolution from f/1.2 through f/11, along with crops and commentary.

The the unusual behaviors of the Nokton 40/1.2 set expectations—more examples are going to needed to articulate just what is going on, and I’d say this is one lens for which a planar target or lab test would be quite useless for understanding it.

f1.2 @ 1/8000 sec, ISO 50; 2018-02-18 15:10:19
Sony A7R III + Voigtlander M Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical

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