phinix wrote:
Is it true that type I is single coated and type II is multi? I hope not, but heard that in one of the review on youtube.
Usually Voigtlander designates either SC or MC when they offer the same designs and different coatings. The 50mm 1.5 Nokton Vintage does come in SC and MC versions as seen here:
Desmolicious wrote:
I think it may be a bigger seller than the hood. Because some people like to go w/o the hood, but these lenses w/o the hood look unfinished due to the shiny chrome ring.
Fred Miranda wrote:
Both Type I (aluminum) and II (brass) are multi-coated. There is no single-coated option for this lens.
Yeah, thanks for confirming Fred.
If it was differently, Voigtlander would add this in lens description, I don't know why some reviewers/assholes spread this misinformation...
Anyway, I never used that focusing "tab" or whatever its called - do you guys like it?
Is it easy to find it with your finger and turn it? Does it have big resistance, or slides smoothly and easily?
I was surprised when found that E version 35/1.4 focus ring was so smooth and easy to rotate, where 40mm/1.2 was a lot harder.
thrice wrote:
Can you comment on the handling/weight difference between the types Fred?
Hi Thrice,
The Type II brass version is significantly denser weighing 290 grams. (compared to 192 grams for the type I).
So, it's 100 grams heavier which is quite noticeable.
Although the brass version feels more 'premium', it lacks the incredible low weight advantage of the aluminum version. The Type II version weights about the same as the Leica 35/1.4 FLE.
Excellent! I use the CV hoods on my lenses, which work great, but this would be so nice for the times when I don’t want a hood for a slimmer profile and/or less VF intrusion. Sometimes one doesn’t want to turn their beautiful small lens into a trombone..
thrice wrote:
Maybe I'm a traditionalist but I'm not shooting any landscapes at f1.4 😳
Now and then, a nice landscape/cityscape view presents itself, in low light, when one is not toting a tripod. In some such situations, if setting the focus distance at or near infinity is practicable, the use of a quite wide aperture might well enable using a reasonable shutter speed for hand-held shooting, without having to set the ISO too high. While this may not be truly serious, traditional, purist “landscape photography,” it can be useful for a “target of opportunity” landscape capture, perhaps while one is walking-about a city or town in the evening, for example.
In some places, erecting tripods will attract negative attention from security personnel, enforcing their written or unwritten rules, or, from folks who have, well, an exaggerated sense of territoriality.
Indeed, evening/night walking-about is largely why I have bought 35mm f/1.4 lenses for each of the three camera systems I have used, and a 28mm f/1.4 for one system, Nikon F. (It is easier to justify an expensive lens, if it is a system that my wife and I both use.)
Then, there are planned low-light landscape/cityscape images, with a view from a place that is too unsteady for long exposures, even if a tripod is used, such as the deck of a small boat, or, a bridge or other structure that sways in the wind.
rob_ww wrote:
Will there be an E mount version of this lens?
I don't see why Cosina would not release an E-mount version since the 35/1.2 III and 35/1.5 are similar optically and the former was released for both M and E-mount.
It's been a while since Cosina released a Sony E-mount lens though, so I am not sure if there is a change in their agreement.
Fred Miranda wrote:
More pictures showing the LH-4N hood on the Voigtlander 35mm f/1.5 Nokton:
Very nice of course, but shows how much larger it becomes which is my point. But we have a man on it for discrete black trim rings for when we don't want a hood!
Also do note that the LH-4N hood has 3 tiny screws, if when removed, allows the separation of the flared hood from the base which still can be used to cover the chrome rim.
rramesh wrote:
Also do note that the LH-4N hood has 3 tiny screws, if when removed, allows the separation of the flared hood from the base which still can be used to cover the chrome rim.
This is interesting... No pressure, but do you have a pic of that?
My silver painted lens arrived. Nice and dense feeling. Good looking lens, great ergonomics. Mine has a paint imperfection on the aperture ring and the paint job on the focusing tab is honestly worse than I couldn't have done in my garage.
If it ever stops raining I'll compare it to the distagon. Excuse the rushed smartphone pics of the lenses.
