Re: FM Review of the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 Nokton
Lucinda wrote:
A fool and his money are soon parted. Who in their right mind would spend 1k on this manual focus lens with all its flaws, and then con themselves into thinking its good....?
Well, I'm glad that I had to get up early today to go skiing (no, the 40/1.2 did not come along - skiing is a m43 thing . . .) AND that several people pointed out that Luvwine's post was sarcastic and preemptively self deprecating.
I was going to list several of my flawed lenses that I've talked myself into keeping and use on a regular basis.
But she does bring up a good point about talking ourselves into accepting our own purchases - that I have to be aware of constantly. Thus I have the 1 year rule - no matter what kind of special photo gear I have - if I have not used it significantly over a years time it goes out the door.
Though I'm much much happier with the infinity performance I still need to work with the 40/1.2 at much closer distances for candids to be completely sold. I've taken a few of such images in the last couple of days and so far I think I'm getting what I want out of this lens. Do I wish it were sharper wide open up close? - Yes I do. Does it make nice images anyways? Yes, so far it does.
Unfortunately I can't share those images, though I'll see what I can do with a few of them.
