At this time of year in Sweden, darkness is something very familiar. The sun sets at 3:30 PM, and cloudy weather does not really make things better. Most people prefer the coziness at home, but I don't. Time to join the dark side!
"The abandoned highway": Nikkor 35/1.4 AIS @ f/1.4, 1/40 second, ISO 1800.
D700 on the way! Right now my only MF glass is a 50 1.4 ais but I am planning on switching up my lens lineup and dropping the 17-55 and 70-200 and going fully manual prime(except for my 300 2.8) and picking up a 105 1.8 ais, maybe 85 1.4 ais, and a 24 2 ais! I'm really excited.
Peter F wrote:
Why is the 58mm f/1.2 Noct-Nikkor so special compared to the 50mm f/1.2 or the 55mm f/1.2
Is it more rare than the other two f/1.2 ?
or is it because it is sharper wide open compared to the 50mm or 55mm?
peter
It is rare, because of the hand polished aspherical front element. This lens is designed to minimize coma at f/1.2, which not necessarily means it is sharper. From examples I've seen, it is actually less sharp than the 50/1.2 and perhaps even the 55/1.2.
Coma is an optical aberration that most of the time is no problem at all. It is only seen at large apertures and when there is specular hilights far out in the corners, but only when they are in focus. For example, shooting a city scape at night, focusing near infinity, will reveal the comatic aberration with many fast lenses of simpler designs. This is where the Noct shines.
Here's an example of coma that I posted earlier in this thread, with the 55/1.2. The lights to the right should be near circular, but they look like "comets" (in two directions as well).
Edit: I haven't tried the Noct myself, but I believe it is totally overkill for most users. The same goes for the 28/1.4, that has also been designed to minimize coma.
Makten wrote:
It is rare, because of the hand polished aspherical front element. This lens is designed to minimize coma at f/1.2, which not necessarily means it is sharper. From examples I've seen, it is actually less sharp than the 50/1.2 and perhaps even the 55/1.2.
Coma is an optical aberration that most of the time is no problem at all. It is only seen at large apertures and when there is specular hilights far out in the corners, but only when they are in focus. For example, shooting a city scape at night, focusing near infinity, will reveal the comatic aberration with many fast lenses of simpler designs. This is where the Noct shines.
Here's an example of coma that I posted earlier in this thread, with the 55/1.2. The lights to the right should be near circular, but they look like "comets" (in two directions as well).
Edit: I haven't tried the Noct myself, but I believe it is totally overkill for most users. The same goes for the 28/1.4, that has also been designed to minimize coma.
Time to join the dark side!
Great shot!
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