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Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f1.4 review by roentarre (James Wei)
Nokton 58mm F1.4
Optical construction 7 elements / 6 groups
Aperture blades 9
Closest focus 0.45m
Magnification ratio 1:5.8
Filter thread 58mm
Total length (Ai-S) 47.5mm
Weight 320g
Optional accessories Screw-in hood
This lens is one of two new treasures I have obtained in late January. Thankfully ordered from Singapore. Following my passion with Voigtlander 125mm macro, almost all the lenses branded voigtlander give me a good vibe and pleasant feelings. This lens is released by Cosina using the design of auto-topocor 58mm f1.4 released in 2003. This is, however, a manual focus lens with mental construction. Yeh! Totally metal. Even including the metallic hood! How cool is that? The lens is easy to hold and handle, the focus ring is not too tight or loose. It is quite pleasurable to use with an casual afternoon shoot. The bokeh can be bi-linear in the background; the bokeh could be harsh as well. Foreground bokeh is quite invincible. The lens does not take highlight well like almost any other 50mm lenses. Image rendering ability is living up to its standard like the name Voigtlander. Its contrast is a little low below f2 (much better than Pentax Fa 50mm f1.4 or Canon EF 50mm f1.4). The overall colour tone tends to be cooler. With protraits, it is rather challenging making most female subjects rather cold blooded... But the lens can render a special look at occasions. The DOF is a little too thin, more difficult to manual focus comparing to Pentax A 50mm f1.2; I basicly miss the focus on every single wide open shots. I did a quick test in the backyard. The highlight bokeh are still harsh wide open at f1.4; at f2.8 the bokeh evolves into neutral type and smaller. However, this is again the weakness of most 50mm anyway The bokeh are quite nice, smooth and creamy most of the time. Unfortunately, highlight bokeh are still harsh and metallic surfaces are rendered poorly in this prime. The bokeh of this lens is smoother and creamier than Pentax A 50 f1.2. I love this lens a lot. If you like to see the images, please refer to my photo blog in http://www.roentarre.com Thanks for reading
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A humble review by me with simple images
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