Re: FM Review of the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 Nokton
I've only had the lens since noon today (it's 9 pm here now), and I'm already impressed. There are obvious pros and cons, but I'd say it's very versatile. Could easily be my only lens!
It draws sort of the same as many of the old 50/1.2 legacy lenses, but is sharper, less prone to flare, gives smoother bokeh, and so on. Almost everything you'd want from a "classic" lens, but better. Except for LCA and fringing that can be a little bit worse. Or perhaps it's just showing more because of the sharpness.
I'd say the character is very "Sonnarish". Or why not medium format-ish? Shots at ~3-5 meters distance resembles my Pentax 67 90/2.8 pretty well.
The corners are funky, but you'll only see it when the background has very high contrast.
A few shots from today without ambitions. First two are at f/5.6 and the rest wide open. I'll probably remove the "test" shots in a couple of days (don't like to have junk on my Flickr).
There are obvious pros and cons, but I'd say it's very versatile. Could easily be my only lens!
