First 40/1.4 Photos

[Dougg]

Didn't Barry Thornton also produce and sell developers of his own recipe? Sounds like an interesting book anyway.

Here's a Red Horse Drive-In shot from my first roll with the 40 Nokton, I think wide open or very close to it... Generally a pleasant lens, seems to me so far.

 

[kbg32]

Hey Joe. The images look great. I really hope that this lens works out to be a keeper!

 

[back alley]

i just finished looking over the complete first roll and scanned a couple more.
there are more out of focus shots than not.

i'm thinking it's a combination of the shallow dof and my shaky hands. i don't normally shoot wide open.

i need more time with this lens

 

[jgeenen]

Didn't Barry Thornton also produce and sell developers of his own recipe? Sounds like an interesting book anyway.

Here's a Red Horse Drive-In shot from my first roll with the 40 Nokton, I think wide open or very close to it... Generally a pleasant lens, seems to me so far.

You're right - it's the same Barry Thornton. And yes, his developers are based on the results of his investigations. If have seen prints from films developped in DiXactol - amazing.

I really like your shot. Perfect separation of the girl and background. But there's enough to see from the scenery to understand. But fortunatelly 🙄 my Zeiss Ikon does not have 40mm framelines, so I have to stick with my 35mm or 50mm lenses.

 

[Dougg]

I really like your shot. Perfect separation of the girl and background. But there's enough to see from the scenery to understand. But fortunatelly 🙄 my Zeiss Ikon does not have 40mm framelines, so I have to stick with my 35mm or 50mm lenses.

Thanks, Johannes! I was using a Minolta CLE which of course has 40mm framelines. But the frame is a bit tighter for the Nokton than for the Rokkor and I have to watch the edges carefully or lose things...

Though both nominally 40mm, the Nokton must have a slightly longer focal length than the Rokkor. I noticed a similar effect using the Pentax-L 43mm on this camera earlier. Some users have found the Rokkor isn't a bad match for the Leica M's 35mm frames, but the Nokton might not match as well.

 

[back alley]

i think the cv 40 is a bit longer too.
originally i was thinking of using it like a 35 but after one roll of film i can see that is not the case.
i will have to learn this lens from scratch.