i’ve owned the nokton 40/1.2, 50/1.2, Simera 50/1.4 Z and the Zeiss ZA50/1.4
i now have the nokton 40/1.2 and Zeiss 50, sold the others.
Reasons:
Between the nokton 40 and nokton 50, the 50 is the technically more perfect lens. Both dual personality (glow wo and sharrp stopped down) which i love. i kept the 40 and sold the 50 as i have a slight preference for that focal length.
Like you, i was intrigued by the simera and purchased it. Its a nice lens but i vastly preferred the pop and rendering of my zeiss za 50/1.4. Plus the zeiss also autofocuses. AF was not a deciding factor but a huge bonus. The zeiss feels special and its output just makes me happy.
Yogifi wrote:
Oddly specific question but for people who owned the nokton 40/50mmf1.2 and also picked this lens up:
Do you still have both, and do you plan to keep it that way? Did you get rid of one?
The Nokton is probably my favourite lens. I use it a lot and know what to expect. The simera images seem to look different, more bubbly and light. Thinking it might be nice as an alternative - focussing on people with it (and mounted to Sony).
There's only a small selection of photos with it on flickr. Even less mounted on Sony - actually most of those are on this forum from what I've found anyway.
