Showcase Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95

[RoadTraveler]

Napi you're so lonely in this thread. You can't be the only one in the world using this thing...

Maybe I should have bought the 42.5 mm Nokton instead of the 17.5 so I could have given Napi a little help here…

But the 17.5 is my preferred focal length [angle of view] so that's where I spent my money, and I won't clutter this thread with pictures from the wrong lens. :smile:

The 42.5 is now on my short list...

 

[napilopez]

Napi you're so lonely in this thread. You can't be the only one in the world using this thing...

At the very least, it's not the worst place to be alone =P.

 

[woody112704]

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A little late to the party but working with such a beautiful subject, you don't need all that bokeh. haha

 

[beanedsprout]

Well it looks like I'll be saving up to get this lens. The Nocticron too because I like AF, but you can't go wrong with F 0.95

 

[Serhan]

Pekka Potka's review:
http://www.pekkapotka.com/journal/2013/9/25/voigtlander-nokton-425mm-f095.html

 

[MPW3]

Enjoyed viewing your images. Have been canvasing the reviews of the 42.5/0.95, but few comment on the ease of focusing manually at subjects moving at a normal, non-running pace in the streets. From your experience with the lens, would you have comfort using it in the street and, if so, would you rely primarily on zone focusing or can you acquire your moving subject and shoot with a reasonably high success rate? Is this a lens for the street or primarily static situations?

 

[RoadTraveler]

I've owned the 42.5 lens for two days and the 17.5 f/0.95 for a few weeks. I'm absolutely in love with the 'look' and function of these Voigtlander lenses. I have some relatively recent experience with manual focus lenses, less than 10 years ago I was still using the Leica M system for much of my photography (along with Canon SLRs). I moved slowly and cautiously into digital capture.

These Voigtlanders seem easy to focus, both with and often without manual focus magnification (depends on the shot). I’m enjoying seeing the image snap into focus in my live-viewfinder more than using the optical rangefinder of the Leica M. Of course the Leica optical finder is not a very close approximation of the final image where the live-viewfinder is. I was a guy that used to pooh-pooh cameras without optical viewfinders, but I’ve come to prefer using live-viewfinders and LCDs.

I hope Voigtlander will also make a super-wide, fast prime. Zoom lenses will continue to be regular tools for me, I need their flexibility and the focal lengths offered (both wide & long). However, the ease of manual, creative control offered with these manual lenses compared to that of an auto lens placed into manual mode, is noteworthy.

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[napilopez]

Enjoyed viewing your images. Have been canvasing the reviews of the 42.5/0.95, but few comment on the ease of focusing manually at subjects moving at a normal, non-running pace in the streets. From your experience with the lens, would you have comfort using it in the street and, if so, would you rely primarily on zone focusing or can you acquire your moving subject and shoot with a reasonably high success rate? Is this a lens for the street or primarily static situations?

I can manual focus on moving subjects with this lens almost as easily as I can use S-AF with AF lenses. I find it very easy to do, as the ring is dampened perfectly with a good throw. I personally never zone focus, and simply shoot by either moving the focus zone to where my subject is, or predicting his or her movement and prefocusing briefly. If the subject is moving very qucikly, I'll switch to high refresh rate mode, which lowers resolution but also improves the viewfinder's response time dramatically. I also tend to use quick bursts to essentially "focus bracket".

I've owned the 42.5 lens for two days and the 17.5 f/0.95 for a few weeks. I'm absolutely in love with the 'look' and function of these Voigtlander lenses. I have some relatively recent experience with manual focus lenses, less than 10 years ago I was still using the Leica M system for much of my photography (along with Canon SLRs). I moved slowly and cautiously into digital capture.

These Voigtlanders seem easy to focus, both with and often without manual focus magnification (depends on the shot). I’m enjoying seeing the image snap into focus in my live-viewfinder more than using the optical rangefinder of the Leica M. Of course the Leica optical finder is not a very close approximation of the final image where the live-viewfinder is. I was a guy that used to pooh-pooh cameras without optical viewfinders, but I’ve come to prefer using live-viewfinders and LCDs.

I hope Voigtlander will also make a super-wide, fast prime. Zoom lenses will continue to be regular tools for me, I need their flexibility and the focal lengths offered (both wide & long). However, the ease of manual, creative control offered with these manual lenses compared to that of an auto lens placed into manual mode, is noteworthy.

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YAY! I'm not alone in this thread anymore!

 

[RoadTraveler]

Another.

Moving target.

GX1
Voigtlander 42.5
ISO 1600
f/0.95
1/125

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[RoadTraveler]

deeply shallow

Still life

GX1
Voigtlander 42.5
ISO 640
-0.3 EV
f/0.95
1/125

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[krixoff]

nice picture. i love the way she's sleeping deeply

 

[iGonzoid]

Fascinating thread. I have the Voigtlander 25mm f0.95 [m43] and the 50m f1.2 [Leica M mount] and have been contemplating the Vgt 42.5mm f0.95. However, with the announcement of the Nocticron, with AF and OIS, I now torn and must wait to see how that is priced. Mostly I would use it as a low-light lens for rock gigs — which I use the 50mm for now. It is going to be a difficult decision.

 

[RoadTraveler]

snip...with the announcement of the Nocticron, with AF and OIS, I now torn and must wait to see how that is priced. Mostly I would use it as a low-light lens for rock gigs — which I use the 50mm for now. It is going to be a difficult decision.

Autofocus vs. all manual is a serious decision for sure. Personally I have plenty of AF glass that covers most FOV ranges. For the creative control of seeing through the lens, what is happening and affecting the results while I adjust not only focus, but aperture as well, is very helpful. If/when I have the time, having fully manual lenses again has been a pleasure. I know where the lens is focused, I can confirm it with my eyes before capturing the shot. Though this is a very personal decision and each application is different.

 

[RoadTraveler]

Hands On Fujifilm

GX1
iso 1600
-0.3EV
1/125
not sure of f-stop, might be f/1.4?

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[RoadTraveler]

Dog

GX1
In camera B&W JPEG

ISO 1250
1/125
f/0.95 (I think)

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[napilopez]

A few from yesterday's photo stroll. Varying apertures. I believe the first and fourth are wide open, the others are at f4. The last one may have been at like f8 or something to get everything in focus.

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[napilopez]

Have I ever mentioned that I like this lens? I'm prepping a formal review to be released soon. In the meantime, some unfinished drafts from a wedding shoot over the weekend:

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[RoadTraveler]

Have I ever mentioned that I like this lens? I'm prepping a formal review to be released soon. In the meantime, some unfinished drafts from a wedding shoot over the weekend:

I too love the lens, maybe more than the 17.5 I bought first.

I love your work too.

James

 

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Winter-7 by napilopez, on Flickr

brilliant..needs to be printed big..

 

[napilopez]

On the two headshots above, a few of my photography friends have asked how I go that "look". Honestly, shooting through a window in the daytime is one of my favorite "spice up your portraits" tips I've ever learned.