photonoclast wrote:
I'm curious about your PP here. The rendition of the green in the leaves is very nice (most green I see on images here is too yellow).
I can't answer your question for everyone.
I don't see any effect of the lens on the colors.
Perhaps some of the example photos have been heavily processed. I have the Sony E-mount version of the lens.
Took mine out yesterday with some other 75s and liked using it again. The newer VM 75/1.9 was a better size for me, but getting out for the first time in too long a time was exilerating. Thank gosh for photography!
I just purchased a copy of this lens and it arrived today. It’s a lovely lens and I like the character of the bokeh (Alik Griffin’s review sold me, since I will use it mainly for family pictures, and he takes brilliant portraits of his family). The other lens I was considering was the Nikon 85 1.8 S, which I still may get in due course.
This actually makes two 75 1.5 purchases in a row for me, as I purchased the TTArtisan Biotar copy and adapted it to Nikon Z. Even though the Nokton 75 has an electronic chip to confirm focus (which, for what it’s worth, works very well) I’ve found it more touchy in practice, probably because it’s a sharper and more contrasty lens and it’s possible to be more discerning with nailing focus exactly.
Also, coming from ten years of shooting Fuji X and recently using mostly the Nikon 40/2, I was a bit surprised by the size of the lens. It’s not huge but it’s certainly not small.
No images to share yet as I’m not big on sharing my family photos online, but I wanted to share my thoughts. I’m going to try and make it a walk-around lens for the next while, since I have generally preferred the short telephoto focal lengths in the past, and I want to improve my technique with the lens.
If you have the Z-mount version, it's a hefty 530g, the M-mount one is a svelte 350g, but you get the standard M MFD of 0.7m, where the Z has an MFD of 0.5, very handy. You might find it hard to focus wide open in certain light conditions. Try focusing at f2-f2.8 then open up to shoot, one idea. It picks up contrast fast on stop down.
It's very dreamy wide open, then gets very sharp and with lovely color in the mid-apertures. It's Matt Osborne's favorite portrait 75mm, and many photographers are coming to prefer 75mm over 85mm; so we see a lot of them appearing.
And most modern 'hot' 75s have a fair bit of breathing, this one included. Close-ish focus shots become an 80-85mm pretty quickly, of course 85mm goes out to 90-95mm too.
The time's coming when people will use two or three 75s. I have the dedicated-for-people Thypoch 75/1.4 but want another Zeiss-style lens for open field and distance work, breathing won't matter at all. 75mm is a fine walk around lens, high keeper rates. You have to like the bokeh and just about all of us like this one's OOF.
philip_pj wrote:
If you have the Z-mount version, it's a hefty 530g, the M-mount one is a svelte 350g, but you get the standard M MFD of 0.7m, where the Z has an MFD of 0.5, very handy. You might find it hard to focus wide open in certain light conditions. Try focusing at f2-f2.8 then open up to shoot, one idea. It picks up contrast fast on stop down.
Indeed, I have the Z mount version. Interesting idea about stopping down to focus to increase contrast, thanks.
I found out about the Thypoch 75/1.4 after I had ordered this one. I’d probably buy the CV 75/1.5 again as it’s only a little more expensive and has the advantage of electronic communication with the camera. It’s a much tougher choice between the Thypoch 28/1.4 and the CV 28/1.5 though, as the price difference is much bigger…
