davewolfs wrote:
Obviously the AF lenses are better corrected but why is it so hard to add an AF motor to these lightweight MF lenses. I would think they would do well.
Most of these manual lenses are block focus designs where:
a) the lens is optimized for a certain distance (range), most of the manual fast Voigtlander lenses perform worse at and close to the minimum focus distance
b) lots of heavy elements need to be moved, which is not a good design decision for an AF lens as AF will be slow and people don't like lenses with slow AF
BastianK wrote:
a) the lens is optimized for a certain distance (range), most of the manual fast Voigtlander lenses perform worse at and close to the minimum focus distance
Doesn't this hold true for most lenses without a floating element?
BastianK wrote:
Most of these manual lenses are block focus designs where:
a) the lens is optimized for a certain distance (range), most of the manual fast Voigtlander lenses perform worse at and close to the minimum focus distance
b) lots of heavy elements need to be moved, which is not a good design decision for an AF lens as AF will be slow and people don't like lenses with slow AF
I would not mind if the CV 40/1.2 was bigger and equipped with a floating element design like the 21/1.4. The latter is very sharp at MFD.
Fred Miranda wrote:
I would not mind if the CV 40/1.2 was bigger and equipped with a floating element design like the 21/1.4. The latter is very sharp at MFD.
After reading through all of pages on the CV 40mm 1.2 and the 50mm I finally got my hands on one! Thank you to everyone that has shared their experience and pictures on this lens!
I wanted to share the results as well as get some opinions. Here is a comparison link of two of the very far corners cropped at 1:1. shot at f/1.8 on a A7III, focus was set at the center to infinity, with the same settings.
The top image is the softest corner of the 4 and the other 3 look indistinguishable from the bottom.
If you want a more reproducible, accurate, and easy method to test lenses, Jim Kasson’s methods are highly recommended. Takes me about 5 minutes to test a lens at several apertures, and the process is almost foolproof.
So I'm finding this lens remarkably versatile... from street to landscape. The two genres I mainly focus on, but also a bit of 'marco' (close-up).
Yes focusing at f1.2 manually for street photography is not easy with a moving subject! But the images it produces if captured properly are quite impressive. And at f8 this thing is razor sharp for landscapes (as per Philip Reeve review, thanks to that I got this lens, my only lens on Sony A7iii !). The examples below won't show sharpness very well (compression) but they are.
Only minor issue I'm trying to manage is now to have it that moon does not become a sunstar!
ugh! The nuances of the light you have captured is terrific! I say “ugh” because I already have the 40/1.2, and now you’re making me want to get this lens too!
TheWonderer wrote:
So I'm finding this lens remarkably versatile... from street to landscape. The two genres I mainly focus on, but also a bit of 'marco' (close-up).
Yes focusing at f1.2 manually for street photography is not easy with a moving subject! But the images it produces if captured properly are quite impressive. And at f8 this thing is razor sharp for landscapes (as per Philip Reeve review, thanks to that I got this lens, my only lens on Sony A7iii !). The examples below won't show sharpness very well (compression) but they are.
Only minor issue I'm trying to manage is now to have it that moon does not become a sunstar!
haha thus a good 'ugh' Thanks for the compliment, I must say this lens has something special about it, I was actually looking to get the 40/1.2 originally but it was out of stock and so I opted for the 50 as I was leaving and 'had' to buy. 50 is my favourite focal length but at times I want a touch wider. Can't imagine owning both though.
goo0h wrote:
ugh! The nuances of the light you have captured is terrific! I say “ugh” because I already have the 40/1.2, and now you’re making me want to get this lens too!
What a terrific set. Love thin-DoF images a lot. What a gem is the lens. Def you master it. Pitiful all the images are private - couldn’t comment then on flickr. Great job.
While thinking of repurchasing ZE 50/1,4 Planar for bokeh and thin-DoF shot, your images urge me to consider the Nokton and a Sony alpha FF as an add-on
TheWonderer wrote:
So I'm finding this lens remarkably versatile... from street to landscape. The two genres I mainly focus on, but also a bit of 'marco' (close-up).
Yes focusing at f1.2 manually for street photography is not easy with a moving subject! But the images it produces if captured properly are quite impressive. And at f8 this thing is razor sharp for landscapes (as per Philip Reeve review, thanks to that I got this lens, my only lens on Sony A7iii !). The examples below won't show sharpness very well (compression) but they are.
Only minor issue I'm trying to manage is now to have it that moon does not become a sunstar!
Yep I'm not using Flickr much these days, only for FM posting.
I've not used the Planar so can't comment, I can only say you won't be disappointed with the Nokton
AlexDROP wrote:
What a terrific set. Love thin-DoF images a lot. What a gem is the lens. Def you master it. Pitiful all the images are private - couldn’t comment then on flickr. Great job.
While thinking of repurchasing ZE 50/1,4 Planar for bokeh and thin-DoF shot, your images urge me to consider the Nokton and a Sony alpha FF as an add-on
Thanks for the compliment, I must say this lens has something special about it, I was actually looking to get the 40/1.2 originally but it was out of stock and so I opted for the 50 as I was leaving and 'had' to buy. 50 is my favourite focal length but at times I want a touch wider. Can't imagine owning both though.