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 p.39 #13 · Voigtlander 75mm f/1.5 Nokton Review | |
You put a heavy burden on my back, Dan! I'm glad you see yourself as being happy. You know, it is both strange and heartening to see the arc our lenses travel as time passes by. The 55m has taken so much of what I have that I have an enduring love of. Fellow 3D lover Kasey of Camera Conspiracies (YouTube channel) loves it too. Such a quirk of history that is was the first lens Sony released for the a7 series.
I see now what you are getting at, and it stands up to cropping well, depending on the end use. The three aspherical elements is now very much in favor, with many lenses using two or three of them. Leica too, in the Q series. We are at a point where we have too many really good options, so you feel like a dog with 50 tennis balls, not knowing which one to grab. lol.
Just occurred to me, if staying with 75mm, the new Viltrox 75/2 EVO might suit - it's light, small and not expensive, sharp as you could expect. Dustin Abbott liked it a lot.
'wouldn't use the 75mm nokton for walkabouts, think I would prefer to stick to 50mm+28mm'
Me too. Two cameras, one of 28/50 on each, that is how I do it. It's a fair bit harder walking with a 75mm, you keep seeing compositions for 50mm certainly, and wider again. 75s are specialty lenses in that way, they force you to have a clear and ongoing need for them in a session. Certain locations you enjoy can really help, busy places like markets, as Bobby Tonelli does in Singapore.
I really enjoy the CV 75mm stopped down at least a little. Lovely color, sharpness/contrast - a dreamy lens. (I actually like people just putting their thoughts down, we are in a distracted moment in history, and addicted to one liners.)
I feel that focusing is harder wide open with it than my Simera 75mm or Loxia 85mm before that (f2.4), but plenty of users love it on their M cameras (I have the VM). So that is a decision for you. I have a lot of time for AF for 75-100mm lenses, but they are so easy to use these days, you may get a different image.
To see more what others do with the CV 75/1.5, try these YT video titles:
'Best Leica Lens for Portrait Photography? | Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 Review (Nokton 75mm 1.5 VM)'
'Voigtlander Z 75mm f/1.5 lens review - The sweet sweet sweet Bokeh'
'Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Review' (analog insights, traditional guys)
'Voigtlander Nokton 75mm F1.5 Review | Zeiss on a Budget?' (Abbott, not many people shots)
'Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Nikon Zf' F-stops here, good for model images
'Voigtlander 75mm F/1.5 Nokton Hands On - The 75mm Your Leica Needs' (Bobby Tonelli)
'The Best Portrait Lens for Leica M under $1000? | Voigtlander 75mm f/1.5 Nokton Review'
It's disappointing that so many YT'ers never photograph a range of human subjects in varying light, but they do tell you what they think quite often. Most are more of intro presentations. If I did this, I'd have a cast of folks to do 20-30 high quality images to show the lens off well. Putting this list together, I realised how much the Chinese makers have changed things in the time since the 75/1.5 appeared. They are very active at 75/85mm too.
But really, for street people work you kind of have to take control of the situation to get them to stay still, so it comes down to your standards for the result (near misses) and what any lens can do for these 'technical' near misses, and that is a secret design art the cine people have more under control. It's why I moan about the lack of people photographs. Maybe the lens producers will slant their designs to inanimate material, as a result.
It's surprising Sony et al have not made the final solution, fully capable AF adapter for MF lenses.
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starting with the simera 50 that I bought today, looking at the 28 next before the simera 75 comes into question.
