I have now returned to shooting with Sony A7III again.
I decided to trade my Fujifilm X-T5 and couple of it's lenses to a new A7III and Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 Nokton SE. I'm going to pair it up with a 75mm Nokton eventually. The 40mm Nokton was earlier my all-time favourite, but the SE model is discontinued and I don't like it's bigger sibling as much. This 35mm was still available so I decided to try it out.
(I still have the smaller X-T30II and a few lenses for it and I'm going to keep these systems side by side.)
ftllens wrote:
I've been thinking about getting this lens again for the M10M, since my only real complaint was CA which is a non factor mostly in monochrome.
Just wish the chrome ring thing was gone lol
They just released the Mark 4 version and the chrome ring is gone.
Had a really nice weekend hike with my kids on a nearby coastal Linlo island. Finally feels like the spring is coming. Had my 35mm Nokton SE and TTArtisan 75mm with me. All images below with the 35mm Nokton. Some are panoramas that are stiched from several images.
I turned off all in-camera corrections to see what I would get.
Two different looks at the same scene - first one at f11 and the second wide open at f1.2. Heavy vignetting with this lens wide open! But still (in my opinion) looks good for a landscape.
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical lens35mmf/11.01/40s400 ISO0.0 EV
mudlake wrote:
I turned off all in-camera corrections to see what I would get.
Two different looks at the same scene - first one at f11 and the second wide open at f1.2. Heavy vignetting with this lens wide open! But still (in my opinion) looks good for a landscape.
Definitely direct the eye to the mountain and reduce distractions.
A quick gradient lighten to both sides would make it arguably a more effective shot. Fast lenses are the polar opposites of focus stacking and often closer to how vision works.
philip_pj wrote:
A quick gradient lighten to both sides would make it arguably a more effective shot. Fast lenses are the polar opposites of focus stacking and often closer to how vision works.
Agree on the fast lenses are close to how our vision works, but I intentionally did not brighten up the sides since I wanted to draw the attention to the middle where the sunrise was just lighting up the most beautiful part of the mountain. Different tastes! 🙂
mudlake wrote:
Agree on the fast lenses are close to how our vision works, but I intentionally did not brighten up the sides since I wanted to draw the attention to the middle where the sunrise was just lighting up the most beautiful part of the mountain. Different tastes! 🙂
mudlake, would you be able to share your thoughts/experience on this in comparison with the thypoch simera 35mm f1.4, which I believe you have. Thinking about Sony e-mount here and just how it feels to use and the results you see.
I'm a little concerned this CV lens is a tad too big to use for the more journaling type shots I like to do with 35mm.
I have the sigma 35mm f2, and the x100vi. Sigma is nice enough, but I wish it was smaller and lighter, and closer to f1.4. The x100vi is lovely to use, but it's an apsc f2. The new Sony r1xr III is more than I want to spend at the moment for that camera.
I've been using the TTA 40mm f2 which I think is closer to 37mm or so, not entirely sure. But want something faster while still being compact. I do like to use this one quite a bit though.
I'm sorry to pull on you like this, I just don't see much discussion talking about the two in general, let alone in comparison.
Yogifi wrote:
mudlake, would you be able to share your thoughts/experience on this in comparison with the thypoch simera 35mm f1.4, which I believe you have. Thinking about Sony e-mount here and just how it feels to use and the results you see.
I'm a little concerned this CV lens is a tad too big to use for the more journaling type shots I like to do with 35mm.
I have the sigma 35mm f2, and the x100vi. Sigma is nice enough, but I wish it was smaller and lighter, and closer to f1.4. The x100vi is lovely to use, but it's an apsc f2. The new Sony r1xr III is more than I want to spend at the moment for that camera.
I've been using the TTA 40mm f2 which I think is closer to 37mm or so, not entirely sure. But want something faster while still being compact. I do like to use this one quite a bit though.
I'm sorry to pull on you like this, I just don't see much discussion talking about the two in general, let alone in comparison.
Good question! I haven’t used the CV 35/1.2 very much so my opinion is limited. I DO like the CV and its build. I’ll have to do some comparison shots and post them. I like the size of the Thypoch and its image quality a lot. If I were to choose now, I’d choose the Thypoch for no other reason than I like the way it looks and handles. Both are really good lenses.
mudlake wrote:
Good question! I haven’t used the CV 35/1.2 very much so my opinion is limited. I DO like the CV and its build. I’ll have to do some comparison shots and post them. I like the size of the Thypoch and its image quality a lot. If I were to choose now, I’d choose the Thypoch for no other reason than I like the way it looks and handles. Both are really good lenses.
Thank you, would appreciate that if you get round to it in the future some time, but it's fine if not too. Was just curious to hear about the practical aspects.
The thypoch does look cool, and the weight difference is substantial. Though not that different in length apparently, whichever way you mount it on a Sony.
Yogifi wrote:
Thank you, would appreciate that if you get round to it in the future some time, but it's fine if not too. Was just curious to hear about the practical aspects.
The thypoch does look cool, and the weight difference is substantial. Though not that different in length apparently, whichever way you mount it on a Sony.
The Simera is significantly thinner at 54mm vs. the 66.5mm of the Voigtlander. Length wise, the Simera is 64.6mm vs. the 59.9mm of the Voigtlander, so 4.7mm longer which is not noticeable. The Voigtlander weighs almost 100g more than the Simera. I like the look of both, but prefer the thinness of the Simera.
