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 Voigtlander 50mm f/1.5 Nokton | |
I just bought a silver Nokton 1.5 - it arrived yesterday afternoon. Damn, this is one BEAUTIFUL lens.
I\'ve had the Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH. 50mm Summicron. Used the Zeiss 50/1.5 Sonnar and the FE 55/1.5.
This groovy little Nokton seems legit. Build quality is most excellent - much better than what I expected based a few lens reviews.
I\'ve read about people complaining about the weirdly knurled focus ring - it\'s butter smooth. I actually like/prefer the knurled focus ring - easy to grab and manipulate - I prefer it to the Summilux ASPH focus tab. The focus ring reminds me of the old black and silver Nikon pre-AI focus rings - which I love.
Also read about people suggesting the focus ring is too tight - mine isn\'t. I don\'t like a loosey-goosey focus ring, nor one that\'s too tight, and I\'ve had and used both. This Nokton iss about as perfectly dampened as I\'d want. YMMV.
I also prefer the shorter focus throw.
The aperture clicks into place perfectly (and yet it\'s somehow dampened) with just the right amount of effort. It doesn\'t seem like it will get bumped out of place - which I felt could happen with both the Leica lenses. The Zeiss Sonnar clicked nicely, but didn\'t have a dampened click feel.
I don\'t know if I\'d call the Nokton wildly sharp wide open, but it\'s damn sharp enough - and I love the character so far.
I much prefer the Nokton rendering to the Zeiss 50/1.5 Sonnar and the 50 Summicron.
I\'m still on the fence about the 50/Lux. Not sure if the Nokton has the same POP yet. But I do like the fact it\'s smaller and lighter than the Lux.
I can\'t wait to put this lens into play to see how it does. So far so good. 
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