Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO this is the one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. I’d take it any day over a contemporary Leica Summicron at 5x the price. I took one of my favorite photographs ever with this lens on a Canon P. It was a different copy, but Canon’s QC was good—I’ve had several and they’re all excellent.
Anyway, this comes with an Urth-brand M adapter and a front cap that fits too loosely (it just needs new felt). Optics are very nice for the era. A little internal dust but no real sign of haze. The front are rear elements are pretty clean for a 1950s lens. There are some cleaning marks, etc, but the coatings are good.
Focus ring and aperture are good. The infinity lock can be unscrewed and put in a safe place.
Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO this is the one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. I’d take it any day over a contemporary Leica Summicron at 5x the price. I took one of my favorite photographs ever with this lens on a Canon P. It was a different copy, but Canon’s QC was good—I’ve had several and they’re all excellent.
Anyway, this comes with an Urth-brand M adapter and a front cap that fits too loosely (it just needs new felt). Optics are very nice for the era. A little internal dust but no real sign of haze. The front are rear elements are pretty clean for a 1950s lens. There are some cleaning marks, etc, but the coatings are good.
Focus ring and aperture are good. The infinity lock can be unscrewed and put in a safe place.
Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO this is the one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. I’d take it any day over a contemporary Leica Summicron at 5x the price. I took one of my favorite photographs ever with this lens on a Canon P. It was a different copy, but Canon’s QC was good—I’ve had several and they’re all excellent.
Anyway, this comes with an Urth-brand M adapter and a front cap that fits too loosely (it just needs new felt). Optics are very nice for the era. A little internal dust but no real sign of haze. The front are rear elements are pretty clean for a 1950s lens. There are some cleaning marks, etc, but the coatings are good.
Focus ring and aperture are good. The infinity lock can be unscrewed and put in a safe place.
Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO this is the one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. I’d take it any day over a contemporary Leica Summicron at 5x the price. I took one of my favorite photographs ever with this lens on a Canon P. It was a different copy, but Canon’s QC was good—I’ve had several and they’re all excellent.
Anyway, this comes with an Urth-brand M adapter and a front cap that fits too loosely (it just needs new felt). Optics are very nice for the era. A little internal dust but no real sign of haze. The front are rear elements are pretty clean for a 1950s lens. There are some cleaning marks, etc, but the coatings are good.
Focus ring and aperture are good. The infinity lock can be unscrewed and put in a safe place.
FS: Leica-ish Lenses: Voigtlander 40/1.4 VM and classic Canon 50/1.8 LTM
Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO this is the one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. I’d take it any day over a contemporary Leica Summicron at 5x the price. I took one of my favorite photographs ever with this lens on a Canon P. It was a different copy, but Canon’s QC was good—I’ve had several and they’re all excellent.
Anyway, this comes with an Urth-brand M adapter and a front cap that fits too loosely (it just needs new felt). Optics are very nice for the era. A little internal dust but no real sign of haze. The front are rear elements are pretty clean for a 1950s lens. There are some cleaning marks, etc, but the coatings are good.
Focus ring and aperture are good. The infinity lock can be unscrewed and put in a safe place.
FS: Leica-ish Lenses: Voigtlander 40/1.4 VM and classic Canon 50/1.8 LTM
Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO this is the one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. I’d take it any day over a contemporary Leica Summicron at 5x the price. I took one of my favorite photographs ever with this lens on a Canon P. It was a different copy, but Canon’s QC was good—I’ve had several and they’re all excellent.
Anyway, this comes with an Urth-brand M adapter and a front cap that fits too loosely (it just needs new felt). Optics are very nice for the era. A little internal dust but no real sign of haze. The front are rear elements are pretty clean for a 1950s lens. There are some cleaning marks, etc, but the coatings are good.
Focus ring and aperture are good. The infinity lock can be unscrewed and put in a safe place.
FS: Leica-ish Lenses: Voigtlander 40/1.4 VM and classic Canon 50/1.8 LTM
Item 1: Voigtlander 40mm f1.4 Nokton CLassic VM Leica M lens with shade
Faster but embiggened lenses steel the spotlight for Leica M these days, but this 40mm f1.4 Nokton is still a winner. It’s tiny. It’s got gorgeous bokeh and glow wide open, and it’s sharp as heck stopped down just a spot. It’s a fantastic design and it has earned the “Classic” engraved on the lens ring.
40mm is a great focal length. Use a 50mm or 35mm frameline and you’ll quickly adjust. Great on mirrorless too.
Great optics. Very little dust. Focus and aperture is very smooth.
Comes with caps and the hood with box. I have the lens box somewhere—I’ll try to find it!
IMHO, this is one of the best nifty-fifties ever made. It’s affordable, has gorgeous bokeh, and is sharp, even on modern mirrorless sensors. I can’t see paying 5-6x more for a Summicron 50/2. Use it on your LTM camera, your M rangefinder with included LTM-M adapter, or on mirrorless with an adapter. Comes with original metal cap (it fit’s loosely). Optics and mechanics are very good. At the right angle and light, you can see some very light wear to the purple coating on the front element. Some internal dust but very minimal. No haze I could detect.
I’m biased because I took my favorite photo of my mid ever with this lens, years ago on a Canon P film rangefinder. Not with this copy, but Canon’s QC was superb back then. Focus and aperture is smooth. The focus lock can be unscrewed (and retained in a safe place) if you hate those. I don’t mind them.
