Yogifi wrote:
I picked this lens up for Sony over the thypoch recently though it's yet to arrive.
I chose the nokton even though I did not love the rendering in every shot I've seen, I did like the look it provides, a little more interesting to my eye and more punch and bite from what I saw.
Will likely pick up the apo when it comes out for emount down the line too.
With thypoch Im interested in their 75mm cinema version over the nokton 75mm for people shots. Samples posted by philip_pj remind me of the Sigma 45mmf2.8, but at a more comfortable distance but without autofocus, and maybe a little more muted and less contrast for an older look. Similar to samyang 75mmf1.8 maybe but ultra smooth background and a little less harsh on skin.
On the 28mm I am curious about the rendering difference between the emount and vm version as there was a user in the e-mount announcement thread who made the switch to e mount and said he preferred the vm version but didnt have both to do a side by side comparison shot. I believe he said the the vm was 'smoother'.
Looking at the infinity examples here wide open you can see some differences, but not sure how they translate into regular shots. ...Show more →
I had the VM version originally and switched to E-mount version as soon as it became available, used both only on my Sony A7CII. I think the VM version had noticeable sensor stack induced field curvature behavior where edges and corners got sharper on wide aperture shots when expected to be out of focus, resulting in more crunchy bokeh effects, and E-mount version seems smoother/calmer in terms of bokeh rendering. I also needed f8 to get best corner-to-corner sharpness with the VM version whereas with E-mount version I think perfect results are reached by f5.6. E-mount version has the benefit of being able to focus to 0.28m natively against 0.5m for the VM (but that can be helped with helicoid adapters). Otherwise, I didn't find them to be that different.
