Just an outtake from a shoot today. I can honestly say I will never sell this lens. I love it, and never thought I'd be shooting w/a manual lens at a paid gig....Leica Schmeica,this one's brilliant.
Took a drive with the family up to Squamish and Whistler to explore some backcountry lakes. Thought we might hit snow but hit so much that we couldn't continue up to the lake. Was hoping for sunset in the meadows or by a lake but had to settle for shots of my truck. Loving the Voigtlander 40 though.
The the VM 40/1.2 along with some others to a family wedding, but the VM never left the camera. I'd usually tell myself I "needed" AF for an event, but couldn't have cared less... Holds up well at f/2 and smaller, going to get my R2 modded so it'll perform better at f/1.2 or f/1.4.
Oh man I'm in love. <3 This thing is a beauty and fits the retrolicious Fuji camera like a dream. Match made in heaven. Great 3D "pop" even with a crop sensor body. And IQ output is pretty mind blowing even with the crop sensor camera. I really expected less. I don't think I'll need a Sony to enjoy this gem.
Don't want to spoil the party, guys, and I love a lot of your images, but I've come to a different conclusion from those prevailing here. Based on the results of this thread, i drove up to Auckland Wednesday to try out an FE mount CV 40 that had finally arrived in NZ. I shot with it for half an hour, mostly to test its ability to perform as a landscape lens at infinity, and came away a little disappointed. The first lens I tried was definitely soft on one side, so I moved on to the second one in the shop. I eventually figured out that field curvature was a significant factor, even when stopped down to F/5.6. However, when I got home and compared results with my ZM Distagon with its 5m Optosigma filter, I decided that I'll stay put with the latter. It's certainly interesting to see the way that the pendulum has swung away from the latter towards the Nokton, and it seems to me that there are a variety of factors contributing to that, including native mount, exif reporting, the faffing around that comes with the Optosigma filter, and that gorgeous Nokton bokeh. But for someone like myself who is mainly into landscape, I think that the Distagon still cuts a pretty mean image.
This afternoon I glued my Optosigma filter into its 49 mm filter ring, dealing to one of my main frustrations - not being able to easily remove the lenshood without removing the filter, along with its 49-52mm stepup ring - it's made working with the Distagon much simpler. I'm sure I'll drop by to this thread from time to time to see what you're all up to...
navmannz wrote:
Don't want to spoil the party, guys, and I love a lot of your images, but I've come to a different conclusion from those prevailing here. Based on the results of this thread, i drove up to Auckland Wednesday to try out an FE mount CV 40 that had finally arrived in NZ. I shot with it for half an hour, mostly to test its ability to perform as a landscape lens at infinity, and came away a little disappointed. The first lens I tried was definitely soft on one side, so I moved on to the second one in the shop. I eventually figured out that field curvature was a significant factor, even when stopped down to F/5.6. However, when I got home and compared results with my ZM Distagon with its 5m Optosigma filter, I decided that I'll stay put with the latter. It's certainly interesting to see the way that the pendulum has swung away from the latter towards the Nokton, and it seems to me that there are a variety of factors contributing to that, including native mount, exif reporting, the faffing around that comes with the Optosigma filter, and that gorgeous Nokton bokeh. But for someone like myself who is mainly into landscape, I think that the Distagon still cuts a pretty mean image.
This afternoon I glued my Optosigma filter into its 49 mm filter ring, dealing to one of my main frustrations - not being able to easily remove the lenshood without removing the filter, along with its 49-52mm stepup ring - it's made working with the Distagon much simpler. I'm sure I'll drop by to this thread from time to time to see what you're all up to...
I think in fact you'll get little objection from most of us that for landscape purposes the 1.4 Distagon 35 or the 1.7/35 Ultron are typically somewhat better (the Nokton also has focus shift so you need to have focussed at f4 or below if you were shooting stopped down).
What makes the Nokton so compelling is that if you allow for both the focus shift and field curvature, it does a very good job indeed for landscape, if not quite up with those other two (stopped down to f8 I'd add the Loxia 35 to that group too, except perhaps in the last mm of the corner). But it also has that amazing ultra fast semi wide look when you want it. So it's two lenses in one.
For me, this thing is absolutely the most awesome lens I've ever used on a camera. I'm not a pixel peeper and don't care much for perfection. Usually I'm fine with legacy glass, even if I've loved the FE 55mm f/1.8 when I had it. But this lens really renders incredible sharp images, smooth bokeh (esp. close range), almost no visible distortion and incredible micro contrast. Sharpness in the middle is really impressive, even at f/1.2. And at f/8 it's über-sharp corner to corner (crop sensor leaves out the outer edges). The transition from sharp to oof is sublime. Maybe I just got a nice sample or this thing really rocks with Fuji's X-Trans sensor. Dunno. Loving it all the same. <3
navmannz wrote:
Don't want to spoil the party, guys, and I love a lot of your images, but I've come to a different conclusion from those prevailing here. Based on the results of this thread, i drove up to Auckland Wednesday to try out an FE mount CV 40 that had finally arrived in NZ. I shot with it for half an hour, mostly to test its ability to perform as a landscape lens at infinity, and came away a little disappointed. The first lens I tried was definitely soft on one side, so I moved on to the second one in the shop. I eventually figured out that field curvature was a significant factor, even when stopped down to F/5.6. However, when I got home and compared results with my ZM Distagon with its 5m Optosigma filter, I decided that I'll stay put with the latter. It's certainly interesting to see the way that the pendulum has swung away from the latter towards the Nokton, and it seems to me that there are a variety of factors contributing to that, including native mount, exif reporting, the faffing around that comes with the Optosigma filter, and that gorgeous Nokton bokeh. But for someone like myself who is mainly into landscape, I think that the Distagon still cuts a pretty mean image.
This afternoon I glued my Optosigma filter into its 49 mm filter ring, dealing to one of my main frustrations - not being able to easily remove the lenshood without removing the filter, along with its 49-52mm stepup ring - it's made working with the Distagon much simpler. I'm sure I'll drop by to this thread from time to time to see what you're all up to...
Thanks for the alternative view. I have been holding on to my ZM+PCX combo, but have considered the CV as a possible replacement. I haven't had the chance to try them side-by-side, so it's nice to hear that someone reviewed both and concluded that the ZM is the keeper of the two, despite the niggles that come with it.
May 25, 2018 at 05:24 AM
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It's torture seeing all these great pictures after receiving mine, then having to send it back, and there being no replacement due to the shortage. Ugh.
May 31, 2018 at 03:58 PM
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