hteasley
Pupil
Read what he wrote: wide open it's soft with fast film, stopped down it shifts, which makes it more difficult to use. He's not wrong.
If you want a good test of the lens, to see the shift, read Sean Reid's latest review. I like my Nokton 1,1, but the criticisms aren't wrong.
Last edited:
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Leica MP, Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Tmax400, silver/gelatineprint.
Wonderful lens.
Erik.
Wonderful lens.
Erik.
damien.murphy
Damien
Lovely shot Erik, recall seeing this image recently, and hadn't realised you shot it with the voigtlander
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Thank you, Damien, this one is with the same lens.
Leica M2, Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Tmax400, silver/gelatineprint.
Erik.
Leica M2, Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Tmax400, silver/gelatineprint.
Erik.
damien.murphy
Damien
I like the rendering of some of the images, and makes me less fearful the lens is too modern in its rendering for my tastes 
damien.murphy
Damien
Just took possession of the voigtlander this morning from the postman, and I have to say it's a bit of a beast in size. Weight doesn't seem overly heavy at the moment, but I'm just about to load up the camera bag for the day, and we'll see about the heft after toting it about for the day.
The M3 is loaded with TriX, and for once I am hoping for gloomy weather here, so that I may give it a whirl at wider apertures
Aside from the size, other first impressions are mainly that the viewfinder blockage is a little more than I anticipated with the M3, but overall quite manageable. That is without the hood though, and think I shall not be using the hood unless necessary. Focus is quite smooth, and a little on the easy side in comparison to my Sonnar-C which I found a little stiff focus-wise.
The front profile of the lens sees it 'hang down' a little further than the baseplate does, so when set on a flat surface the M3 'looks up' a little at you, if that makes any sense. This is nothing to do with the lens mount, just the large overall diameter of the lens.
Lastly, to liberate the wider apertures during daytime shooting, I will probably look at getting one of those Fader variable-ND filters, as it will be virtually all TriX I will be shooting with the lens.
Anywho, off to do some shooting!
The M3 is loaded with TriX, and for once I am hoping for gloomy weather here, so that I may give it a whirl at wider apertures
Aside from the size, other first impressions are mainly that the viewfinder blockage is a little more than I anticipated with the M3, but overall quite manageable. That is without the hood though, and think I shall not be using the hood unless necessary. Focus is quite smooth, and a little on the easy side in comparison to my Sonnar-C which I found a little stiff focus-wise.
The front profile of the lens sees it 'hang down' a little further than the baseplate does, so when set on a flat surface the M3 'looks up' a little at you, if that makes any sense. This is nothing to do with the lens mount, just the large overall diameter of the lens.
Lastly, to liberate the wider apertures during daytime shooting, I will probably look at getting one of those Fader variable-ND filters, as it will be virtually all TriX I will be shooting with the lens.
Anywho, off to do some shooting!
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Leica MP, Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Tmax400, silvergelatineprint.
Erik.
Erik.