New toy of a unusual sort.

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2010 at 20:27

the number 1.1 refer to the aperture.

No idea how they make 0.95 mind, but they do !

Stuff · 15 Oct 2010 at 20:33

Swiftlegend said:
Can anyone explain what the lens is, for me who doesn't understand

"did i just see F1.1 !!!!!!

jesus

whats next a f.95" lol

The f-stop is, in laymans terms, the size of the hole letting light into the camera and onto the sensor. Generally, the bigger the hole, the more they cost.

For example, all 50mm Canon lens: f/1.8 = £75, f/1.4 = £280, and f/1.2 = £1,100

f/1.1 is a huge hole and pretty rare!

mcc49 · 15 Oct 2010 at 20:55

F-Stop is measured by the diameter of the aperture but also the length of the lense comes into play. The f/1.1 Nokton is actually smaller in diameter than my Canon 35L which is a f1.4, the Nokton uses 58mm thread filter whereas the 35L uses 72mm.

mcc49 · 16 Oct 2010 at 11:57

Some test shots today from around the house. Its nice and sunny today so outside shots with f/1.1 proves extremely difficult without blowing the highlights.

Things I like about this lens

f/1.1! Nice OOF rendering
Extremely well built
Hardly any CA even wide open
Great value for money!

Now the negatives

The size of the lens blocks about 1/5 of the bottom right viewfinder
Tricky focusing on smaller things without vertical lines with f/1.1 due to unforgivingly shallow DoF.

mangobreeder · 16 Oct 2010 at 15:35

bigredshark said:
http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/lenses/stage_photography/5915.html

If you're lucky you can pick one up for a shade over £6800

ive got two of these

have to say i prefer, my canon 50mm 1.8F lol

StoutMeister · 16 Oct 2010 at 22:52

Well wear, and may you knock great enjoyment/money out of it. Voightlander, a very special name with history.

mcc49 · 17 Oct 2010 at 09:52

A small selection from a walk in the park yesterday using the Nokton.

titchard · 18 Oct 2010 at 11:45

That's a lovely lens! Wouldn't mind one of those myself!

Rich

mark66 · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:17

Sorry, not a photographer, but I have to ask did they get the plane out of the tree?!

D.P. · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:23

Raymond Lin said:
the number 1.1 refer to the aperture.

No idea how they make 0.95 mind, but they do !

The f-stop is a simply a ratio.
An f-stop less than 1 merely means the aperture diameter is larger than the focal length.

mcc49 · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:25

mark66 said:
Sorry, not a photographer, but I have to ask did they get the plane out of the tree?!

Yea I went over to help them after I took the photo, just had to shake it a few times

D.P. · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:26

mcc49 said:
F-Stop is measured by the diameter of the aperture but also the length of the lense comes into play. The f/1.1 Nokton is actually smaller in diameter than my Canon 35L which is a f1.4, the Nokton uses 58mm thread filter whereas the 35L uses 72mm.

Thats because the f-stop is a ratio of aperture divided by focal length.

an f/1.0 lens of 200mm focal lengths has a diameter of 200mm. An f /2.0 lens at 200mm has a 100mm aperture. However, a 50mm 2.0 lens has an aperture of only 25mm.

Phate · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:40

Theres something about 1.2 or lower that is just "mmmmmm" :cool:

mark66 · 18 Oct 2010 at 14:01

mcc49 said:
Yea I went over to help them after I took the photo, just had to shake it a few times

Aha good man

BruceLee · 18 Oct 2010 at 17:31

Nice new lens

Is the EXIF data recording correctly, I notice it states f/1.4 in most shots.

I'm a bit on the fence about the bokeh on the last shot of the flowers, not as smooth as I'd have thought.

mcc49 · 18 Oct 2010 at 18:31

EXIF wouldnt show the aperture correctly as the lens has no electronics. Bokeh looks abit wild on the last one as the MFD on the lens is 1 meter so it's not going to be as buttery as ones with closer MFD, such is the downside of using a Rangefinder with MFD of 0.7m even with the best lens.

2 more with the Nokton from yesterday

If anyone could let me know the name of the person in the 2nd pic, I'd appreciate it!

BruceLee · 18 Oct 2010 at 19:16

mcc49 said:
EXIF wouldnt show the aperture correctly as the lens has no electronics. Bokeh looks abit wild on the last one as the MFD on the lens is 1 meter so it's not going to be as buttery as ones with closer MFD, such is the downside of using a Rangefinder with MFD of 0.7m even with the best lens.

I didn't think it would report properly, just I thought the bokeh looked a bit off and didn't know if it was because you stopped down

mcc49 · 18 Oct 2010 at 19:30

Quick and Dirty size comparison, the 24-70mm itself dwarves the body + lens combo let alone adding the 5D2 into it.