Near focus with mixed lighting, and some trees near frame's edge at f/4. Septon still has way too much fringing going on for my liking at f/4, and it seems pretty obvious by now that its optical design was gimped to pull off the short length. As I mentioned in my the video post, the Ultron's flaring takes on a more neutral blue instead of purple and tends to blend into the sky better.
The TTA is showing some guitar pick bokeh even at f/4 in the upper right, and the Nikon has pulled away from the TTA for once here thanks to a bit of stopping down.
The Nokton is the real winner here, IMO. We can see it and the Septon still metering SO much warmer by default and it's interesting to note that the Ultron is the "brightest" of the bunch at f/4 by varying margins, but letting in 2/3rds of a stop more light than the Septon. Wild! The Septon vignette continues to be a self inflicted wound.
Septon:
Nokton
Ultron:
TTA
Nikon
May 26, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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