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Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S review
The Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S is a rare type of modern manual lens. As far as I know, Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL (SL II) is available only for Nikon and Pentax cameras, Canon camera owners will have to use the lens using an adapter Nikon Canon.
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S
The review I visited was Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL version N / AI-S (i.e.Nikon AI-S, but in fact AI-P), while the lens has microprocessor contacts, which allows you to use it with automatic metering exposure on any Nikon cameras. In this case, automatic iris control is available through the camera menu, and the camera itself can work in any mode, for example, in classic P, A, S, M, or in full automatic mode (in the green zone). We can say that the lens is an analogue of Nikon FX, Non-D with the only difference that it does not have auto focus.
The lens has an aperture control ring. For it to work properly on modern Nikon cameras, you need to set it to F / 16 using the aperture control ring on the lens itself. After such manipulation, it will be possible to control the aperture directly from the camera, for more details in the section about Non-G Lenses. However, the Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL does not have an aperture ring lock, like Nikon’s native lenses, so you can accidentally slide the aperture ring from F / 16 and receive a 'fEE' message on the camera display (error setting the aperture ring).
Please note that Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL version N / AI-S does not transmit focus distance values into the camera, which may give errors in exposure, especially when shooting with flash in TTL auto modes.
All the same, I'll write again just in case: Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL version N / AI-S is manual lens and it will not automatically focus on any Nikon camera never and under no circumstances.
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S
It is unfortunate that despite the presence of microprocessor contacts with support for metering exposure and iris control, it is impossible to achieve sound confirmation of focus, and with it the ability to use the focus priority function (when the shutter is released only when it is in sharpness). Focus trap also cannot be configured. Focus confirmation will be done as with other manual lenses - using the green dot (i.e. electronic rangefinder) in the lower left corner JVI. How to focus on manual lenses on Nikon cameras you can find here.
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S
Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL has an excellent Japanese assembly, manufactured by Cosina, everything is done at the highest level (apart from some little things, such as the lack of slots for the hood, which is why it needs to be screwed into the thread for the light filter, and the aperture ring is non-rubberized, as some Carl Zeiss lenses have MMJ / AEJ versions and the not-so-convenient side 'tabs' cap like older 'Nikon' lenses). The lens weighs 320 grams and feels like a well-made thing in the hand.
Enlightenment of the front lens Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S
The focusing ring is rubberized and has a very smooth 'cream' stroke, while rotating 250 degrees. During focusing, the front lens does not rotate, only the trunk is slightly lengthened. When focusing, the entire lens unit moves inside the lens entirely. The minimum focusing distance is 45 cm and the maximum zoom ratio for macro photography is 1: 5.8. On the body there is a scale for focusing distances in meters and feet, as well as a depth of field scale for F / 8 and F / 16. The aperture ring can be used to set F-numbers from F / 1.4 to F / 16 in one-stop increments. If you use the aperture control from the camera menu, then the entire standard set of intermediate values is available, such as F / 1.6, F / 1.8, F / 7.1, etc.
Enlightenment of the rear lens Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S
The Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL uses 58mm color filters. The objective lenses have a pronounced enlightenment, which allows you to create a picture with a pleasant color rendering, while the lens tolerates side light well, and in the back light it can sometimes catch small spots and a rainbow arc. It's good that the Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL loses little contrast in the backlight. The lens uses a 9-bladed aperture, while bright light sources can produce 18-star effect and it is extremely difficult to get 'nuts' in the blur zone.
Aperture blades Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S
In the Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL network they are praised almost to the skies. Personally, after a few days of review, I did not really love him. A really good lens, 8mm longer than the classic fifty, with a really nice picture. On the technical side, I believe that optically the lens could be much better at F / 1.4, which has soft and contrast drops typical for super-fast lenses. From the artistic and intricate side, everything is very good - here you have a pleasant bokeh, color rendition, and 'volume' and other artistic 'troubles' :).
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S on ZK
On Nikon DX cameras EGF the lens will be 87 mm, such a focal length is often attributed to portrait lenses and users of cropped cameras can use the Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL not only as a fast staff lens, but also as a 'portrait lens'.
On full-frame cameras, the Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL can serve as an excellent creative lens, and no one forbids taking great portraits with it. Personally, for review, I went with two cameras: Nikon D700 with Nokton 58 / 1.4 SL and Canon 5D with Nikon Nikkor 105mm 1: 1.8 (AI-S). At the same time, to shoot almost all the plots in the open air, especially the same portraits, it was much more convenient and pleasant for me to use a longer-focus lens. But this only concerns usability :).
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S on ZK with a hood
I think that it takes some time to penetrate such a lens.
Here link to the archive with the originals - 608 MB, 51 photos in .NEF format (RAW) from the camera Nikon D700 (FX).
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Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S (Voigtlander SL II line) is a very good and pleasant fast prime. You can squeeze a lot from such a lens :).
UPD: in September 2016 an updated version of this lens was released - Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL II S.
↓↓↓ Like ↓↓↓ Thank you for your attention. Arkady Shapoval.
Thank you for the review, clarify the focus ring is rubberized or not, in the review there are two contradictory facts about this
Fixed
Beautiful bokeshki
I have one. By design, everything is done very high quality, Zeiss analogy. But Wojtlander’s move is milder. The picture on the fullframe at 1,4 is very soft, although it allows you to make a very artistic photo. At 5,6 it is already very sharp, but at the same time the bokeh is still creamy. Sometimes it misses a little on exposure.
In general, the lens is not for “quick photography”, but I am very pleased to work with it.
native 50 1.4zh to 1.4, in my opinion, much better.
I confirm the words of Arkady) For 2 years I have owned Nikkor 50mm f1.4G (albeit at KROP) this Nikorov fifty kopeck piece is awesome! He has a gorgeous boke and a soft plastic picture.
I understand that for the money it’s fashionable to buy two 1,4 g, which will not be inferior in anything, if we talk about quality, but will transmit the focusing distance and at the same time will be autofocus, it’s interesting what kind of tasks the native 1,4 g will cope with which this lens will cope? I didn’t come up with such problems, but the tasks that 1,4g will solve, but this lens isn’t - I came up with a ton
I would also take my own 50 1.4zh. And the native fifty kopeck will not cope, perhaps, with an extra 8mm of focal length :).
so for this there is nikon 58mm 1.4g
For Nikkor 58 1.4G you can buy 4 of these Nokton 58 1.4))) Yes, they will not all be autofocus, but the Nikkor 58 1.4G will be all plastic. IMHO Nikon snickered and ofigeli.
G lenses are not compatible with film cameras up to F4 inclusive (or you’ll always have to shoot at 1.4 with all the consequences, or put matches under the diaphragm slider with all the consequences, again).
Besides .. 5 years will pass, the AF-S engine will die, the value of the glass will go to zero.
And the zeissas and these Fochtländers will only go up in price, even very zayuzannye. There’s nothing to break, unless they hammer nails
Therefore, do not find use - well, this thing is not for you. Go yourself calmly on.
I have a Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SLII and Carl Zeiss Planar 1,4 / 50 T * new. Planar has a better background blur on the open, but in general, the picture in all other respects (sharpness, color reproduction, focus accuracy on the green dot) Nokton is better. It is better not to allow direct sunlight to enter the lens (using a lens hood or covering with your hand), so that the contrast does not decrease and the colors are not distorted, as in some of your photos. It has excellent color reproduction when shooting at dusk (maybe that's why Nokton?).
“As far as I know, Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL (SL II) is only available for Nikon and Pentax cameras, Canon camera owners will have to use the lens with a Nikon-Canon adapter.”
Is it worth bothering with autofocus Canon EF 50 mm f / 1.4 USM and Sigma DG 50 mm f / 1.4 EX HSM?
It's up to you to decide, here the lens is “creative” and there can be no simple “technical” answer. Someone will fall in love with Noctone and its color rendition and software for 1.4 will be much more desirable than the autofocus “standard” Kenon fifty dollars. Someone will decide differently :)
+1
and in addition there is a separate battalion of videographers who don’t buy 1.4 af from Nikon and shoemakers) but they buy a zais or this 58.
1.4 fifty dollars is no different from 1.8, but 1.2 is completely different.
Previously, I used the Nikkor 50mm f1.8G for half a year, then I sold it and took the Nikkor 50mm f1.4G which I have been using for the last two years. So MY opinion is that 1.4 is two times better than 1.8. Firstly, 9 aperture blades instead of 7 (which means the bokeh is chic and soft) Secondly, the 1.4 aperture on my crop is fully operational without vignetting. Thirdly, infinity at 1.4 begins after 3 meters, and at 1.8 after 1.5. And in the fourth, 1.4 misses less than 1.8. With all this, I saw that the price of this Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F1.4 SL N / AI-S costs the same as poltiynik Nikon 1.4 and I wonder who will need it, if you also take into account that it is without autofocus, then I think only for videographers.
And the other battalion, who will buy af 1.8 from Nikon, will get the same result and they will be happy without unnecessary overpayment.
Golden words Yuri Venediktovich !!!
Yeah, today I bought fifty dollars under Canon https://radojuva.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/canon-50-1-8-ii-lens-ef-review.jpg otherwise there’s not a single aftofocus lens for my Canon cameras.
Congratulations on your purchase of Arkady!
It was necessary to take mark1. it will fall apart in 15 minutes.
Two days have already passed, this is 192 times 15 minutes each, apparently, somewhere you were mistaken, or I just know how to handle the equipment.
if you need to shoot everything, do it quickly with quite good quality - we take the autofocus Nikon 50. if you want more interesting bokeh (IMHO), a more artistic picture, but at the same time is ready to sacrifice efficiency and money - you can take a foit.
PS I have and Nikon's fifty dollars, and this foyt. According to "rumors" I can compare this lens with Helios-40: some pray for it, others rub it into the mud. It all depends on the needs of the photographer / filmmaker. The main thing is to understand what is needed and what the lens is capable of in general.
I have one in use. IMHO the best side in the world, as noted exclusively for leisurely shooting, decently decays on an open hole (by 1.4 it is very noticeable, disappear by 4). According to the classification of the previous speaker, I am one of those who pray for him, the drawing is amazing. http://www.photodome.net/?p=2270 - here is my little reviewer. I recommend it to everyone, I have it in parallel with the Nikon 50 / 1.4G, believe me, these are different glasses. And yet, the latest version of this SL II lens (the focusing ring is not rubberized) is also implemented for Canon EF, so Kenonists, welcome to the world of Foich.
“The best side in the world, the drawing is awesome.” But it seemed to me that everything is usual and nothing more. No, well, really, you have to pray to other gods.
Totally agree with you.
I wanted to write something like that as d.martyn wrote only without prayers))), all this is of a different field of af berry and a manual of optics, and that nocton scheme does not just exist. and it’s not for nothing that Nikon recently released 58mm, which gives everyone 50mm under the ass such a delicious stump)) and guess what the scheme is there?)))
this dispute about af and a manual fifty dollars is like comparing endurik and chopper) to each his own ...
A review of the previous Tokins, as I understand it, weakly put a link from the store :)
fix))) I do not have time to follow)
Question. They write that this Feucht is similar to Topkor 58 / 1,4, but all recklessly say that Topkor will be more interesting. Have you had any experience with Topkor? If there was, then tell me?
For me, there is no special difference between this Nocton and the old Nikkor 50 / 1.4 in the ai version. Even blurring is equally boring.
It seems to me, Arkady, no matter what lens you take, you still manage to take good pictures. Therefore, for myself I draw the conclusion, "study, study, study", as I bequeathed ...
because it is not the lens that shoots ....
how not a hammer hammers ...
how does a screwdriver twist ...
... or a key ...
Arkady, thank you for your hard work at a difficult time for your country. Greetings from Russia.
The contours are amazing, the boke is far from the best.
I am the owner of a later version of this lens. I just want to add a small note. All reviews do not say anything about enlightenment. It is the glass quality and multi-coating that is one of the advantages of this lens. I compared it with Tamron 28-75 f2.8 and Sigma Art 18-35 f1.8, as a result Voigtlander 58mm transmits approximately 2 times more light. Although the word "fast" is used incorrectly everywhere, it is applied to the aperture, it is just right for this lens.
I sell this lens write to the mail: nivchick@gmail.com
25-30 thousand for this? I didn’t see anything in the pictures that would be posed to him. Autofocus and glass can be better taken for such crunches.
Do not tell me how the II version is different? Have you had to take pictures of him?
I had both "Gs", both 1.8 and 1.4. The latter is really nicer with a picture. But I sold both and returned to 1.4D. Even if the nuts can, in my opinion, the character of the picture is much more natural, without excessive contrast and And about this Vojtkhe dreamed of, and maybe now too, just recently I have been shooting a little. I would not compare it with the plastic “G” either in the picture or in terms of design, even more so. If for work, this is understandable. so, it can be compared with 50 \ 1.2 AI. Here already the choice can take place ...
Arkady, thanks for the review. Personally, I once again saw in your photos that the lens is interesting.
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm 1.4 SL2 ($ 600): 1963 Tokyo Kogaku or Topcon design, reused by Cosina under the Voigtlander brand, 7 lead glass elements, 9 round petals with holes.
For those who don't know about lead glass, this is the type of glass used to make Swarovski crystals. It has a high refractive and transmittance, which is ideal for photographing, but is not used in the manufacture of many Japanese lenses to protect the environment. While innovations like ED, nanocoating, and Asph hybrid glass have helped Japanese glass have a big chance against European design, nothing really replaces the unique color and contrast of lead glass.
Everything is correct. This is the case. This test of this lens does not fully reflect its ability. In fact, it is the best in its class, if anything can be said in relation to lenses in terms of their "artistry". Starting at F2.8 it gives amazing results, and before that it gives excellent bokeh. It is made at a very high level, and it definitely costs its money. By the way, you can buy it for 400 dollars, if you look carefully, it does not matter which version, old or new in optics, they are all the same. Lead glasses are expensive glasses, and the light transmittance of this lens is almost the highest among all lenses, indirectly this gives some gain even in noise at the same ISO. But his main plus is his drawing, and 58mm for portraits is significantly better than 50mm. By the way, that old Topcon still costs around $ 1000 if you find it. The question is, for what "merits"? The difference in the final results between these top-end and the rest can be found only in certain frames, in certain situations, but if there are any, they will give out that additional indescribable charm, or let's call it “uniqueness” that everyone else is incapable of. This lens has 50 percent more grayscale, that is, micro contrast in stupid English terminology, but starting at F2.8, which is an indispensable thing for black and white photography, it has excellent spatial sharpness, higher than that of the wonderful Nikon 60 2.8D Micro , as well as the resolution in the corners at closed apertures, that is, higher than that of the top macro lens. In short, lead glasses are doing their job, it's not for nothing that the new lenses from Voigtlander for Leica are on the same level in terms of their characteristics, or even surpass the original lenses from Leica. By the way, who knows, tell me, maybe Leica itself also uses lead glasses? Dear Arkady does a wonderful job with his website, but such reviews have one drawback - for example, a frame shot with this lens is submitted, and it is good or average, let's say, but it would be interesting how this very frame would have been taken by others at the same moment lenses? Then the comparison would be more objective. There is one similar review on the Internet, where, in a parallel comparison, it became clear that yes, the Leica lens is definitely the best, followed by Zeiss Milvus. This lens was not there, but I'm pretty sure it would have come out in the same league.
Hello everyone. I am looking for a normal lens. The choice stopped at two voitlander 58mm 1.4 and zeiss planar 1.4. please anyone who has experience using both, or just thoughts on this subject. I twisted it in my hands, both are very worthy and the advantage is implicit in test frames.
Good health to all! Everyone has different tastes, and judging the optics from someone else's pictures is a hopeless business, it's obvious. Three years ago I got such a lens in performance as in the pictures. I shoot them professionally all the time on both the D7200 crop and the FF D750. The lens has a completely unique, recognizable blur in the background and foreground, somewhat old-fashioned - with transparent blur. You can write a whole treatise about such blur, but it is better to take several pictures and carefully examine both the sharpness zone and the near and far blur. I did parallel test shots and comparisons with the MF Nikkor 58 f1,4, MF Nikkor 50 f1,2, AF Nikkor f1,4, AFS Nikkor 50 f1,8 and was not even lazy with the worthy AFS Nikkor 58 f1,4. In terms of detail across the entire field, color purity and, most importantly, out-of-focus blurring, Voicht was out of competition, although the AFS Nikkor 58 f1,4 and AFS Nikkor 50 f1,8 were noticeably ahead of him in contrast and sharpness. With distant shots it works much worse - it bends, like almost any high-aperture Ultron, the field at the edges, but at distances of 1,5 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 meters, a figure from 1.4 to 4 is absolutely fabulous in terms of plastic, then it becomes more habitually sharp but retains a nice blur. Portrait indoors, in the city and in nature, subject photography, nature, flowers - this is his undoubted strong point. IMPORTANT! I focus on the LV with strong glasses or the viewfinder with a + 3D lens, my eyes are already weak, but this inconvenience pays for itself with very decent results.
just looked again - the Topcor 58 / 1.4 of which this lens is a complete reincarnation now costs about 2000 dollars !!! And this one can be gotten for 450 and is also the AI-P version for Nikon.
Can't find it anywhere, is there any difference between SL and SL II?
Hello, the link to the archive with the originals of 608 MB is unavailable, if you can give us a copy of these photos
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