I have one Voigtlander for Nikon lens - the venerable 90mm f3.5 APO-Lanthar F-mount (I have. the 35. and 50 ALs. for E-mount). I use this both on my Nikon Df and adapted on my Sony cameras (sharper than my Sony 24-105 @90mm).
Here is one of my first images after getting this lens from a fellow FM-er. One of our backroads here on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana
Yesterday, I bought the Nokton f1.0 to put it on a future ZF. I noticed my dog was quiet outside on the balcony so I put the lens on my Z6 to see how it performs in a low-light situation.
I set the aperture to 1/15, which is relatively slow, but my dog was still. This gave me an ISO of 20000. I took a few pictures until I could nail the focus on the eye.
Then I wondered what would happen if I processed the NEF file with Topaz Photo AI. My use of this utility so far has been a bit of sharpening. This time, I must say I'm astonished. The level of detail it added to the picture as well as the noise reduction, resulted in a picture that is much better than I was expecting, considering how dark it was.
lukiano wrote:
Yesterday, I bought the Nokton f1.0 to put it on a future ZF. I noticed my dog was quiet outside on the balcony so I put the lens on my Z6 to see how it performs in a low-light situation.
I set the aperture to 1/15, which is relatively slow, but my dog was still. This gave me an ISO of 20000. I took a few pictures until I could nail the focus on the eye.
Then I wondered what would happen if I processed the NEF file with Topaz Photo AI. My use of this utility so far has been a bit of sharpening. This time, I must say I'm astonished. The level of detail it added to the picture as well as the noise reduction, resulted in a picture that is much better than I was expecting, considering how dark it was.
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Folks who are using either M or E version VM lenses. Do focus ring and Aperture ring rotate the same as Nikon's direction or the opposite directions ?? Also, for M version, any difference in usage / ergo because of Rangefinder function ?
akul wrote:
Folks who are using either M or E version VM lenses. Do focus ring and Aperture ring rotate the same as Nikon's direction or the opposite directions ?? Also, for M version, any difference in usage / ergo because of Rangefinder function ?
Oldwino wrote:
Has anyone tried the Voigtlander M to Z close focusing adapter? It seems nicely made, but is expensive. Worth it?
I have been using one and it's well made. I also tried a lower price (non-Voigtlander) close focusing adapter of M-to-L mount (without lock tab), which is also well made but with much lower price. I can't really answer if Voigtlander M-to-Z close focusing adapter is worth the price. Maybe it depends on how frequent you will use M lenses on Z body.
lukiano wrote:
Yesterday, I bought the Nokton f1.0 to put it on a future ZF. I noticed my dog was quiet outside on the balcony so I put the lens on my Z6 to see how it performs in a low-light situation.
I set the aperture to 1/15, which is relatively slow, but my dog was still. This gave me an ISO of 20000. I took a few pictures until I could nail the focus on the eye.
Then I wondered what would happen if I processed the NEF file with Topaz Photo AI. My use of this utility so far has been a bit of sharpening. This time, I must say I'm astonished. The level of detail it added to the picture as well as the noise reduction, resulted in a picture that is much better than I was expecting, considering how dark it was.
