50mm Nokton?

[gb hill]

I'm serously considering a 50mm f1.5 Nokton lens for my bessa L and mainly any other Bessa camera I get in the future. Unless I decide on the new R4 which I think has 40mm framelines,but anyway back to the main subject, I want a lens that I can use in low light without flash. What is your take on this lens or am I going down the wrong track?



Thanks & Merry Christmas

Greg

 

[Nokton48]

It's one my favorite lenses, but it'll be tough to use on an L. You need a camera with a rangefinder if you are going to use it anywhere near wide-open.

 

[dostacos]

the R4M/A will have 21/25/28/35/50 frame lines I have used my 50 outside at night [I don't have the shots scanned] in las Vegas and I really llike it.

I also have the 28/1.9 which for good or evil is my current fav lens on my R2.

I am currently gassing for the R4M with the 35MM 1.2 [which will be just about 50MM on my Digital Rebel 🙄 ] the deposit is down and just waiting. 😱

 

[gb hill]

Yes your right the R4m has 50mm framelines.Don,t know where I got the 40 from! Anyway I knew it wasn't ment for the L, but I am thinking down the road and I want a lens that I can use in low light situations.

 

[popstar]

I love my Nokton. I agree with the others who have suggested it may not be best suited for a Bessa L, but even if you upgrade to 'just' the Bessa R it will do fine. I find the lens is wonderful, though not particularly small as rangefinder lenses go.

I'm sure you're convinced on the Nokton's merits already, but if not, most of the photos in my RFF gallery were taken with one. Of course, any bad photos were my fault, not the Nokton's!!

 

[gb hill]

Popstar....You can't get much lower light than a rock concert, At least the ones I've been to in the past that I can remember😀 ...boy! I just had a flashback...wish I had a camera with me at the Greatful Dead concert years ago, all the hippies dancing in a huge circle 😎 . Enjoyed your gallery.

 

[x-ray]

I have both the Nokton 50 and the 50 asph summilux. The summilux is without question a superb lens but the Nokton is too. Unless you're making prints of 24 inches or more you will probably never know any difference if you will even see a difference then. I'm extremely critical of my equipments performance and sometimes shoot at what i feel is near limits of the system. I use the Nokton equally as much as I do the Summilux. The optical performance of the Nokton has not disappointed me in any way and the mechanical quality is superb. If you can't make award winning images with the Nokton it's the photographer not the equipment.

Great lenses are seperated from the not so great by their wide open performance. The Nokton is excellent at 1.5 yielding crisp clean images with excellent tonality and edge to edge sharpness.

 

[Ororaro]

Yes, that Nokton is just outstanding. Unbelievably good piece of glass, right from wide open.

 

[rpsawin]

The 50mm Nokton is a sweet lil' lens. In fact I was shooting with mine yesterday. It really fills the bill for low light shots or when you need a bit tighter composition than with a 35mm.

My only minor issue is that the aperture ring on my 50mm Nokton does not have a positive, distinct click like my other CV lenses. It's rather easy to change apertures while focusing.

The results are very good and mine is a keeper. I use it mostly on my M6 & M2.

Bob