Have You seen the new 35/1.4 Nokton?

RingoHung said:
I checked out the lens and it didn't show M.C. nor S.C. on the lens or the box...very interesting.
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Judging by the box shots I've seen, only the S.C. version is marked in a blue circle. I couldn't see a M.C. marking in the photos.
 
sitemistic said:
Surely Cosina wouldn't put out a lens that vignetted that badly.
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The 40/1.4 does that too sometimes, but less dramatically, under certain conditions.
And it's not the hood. A flickr search will yield examples.
 
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From here, I'm not seeing enough samples to make much of a judgement. And, I would also like to see how it performs in front of a film-loaded camera for a better idea of how it performs full-frame. Not in a major hurry, though.


- Barrett
 
Well, I browsed all of the photos on that Flickr page, had a close look in original size... and I am not really impressed. Do I expect too much?
 
Looks like the Canon 50 1.2 - which I like!
It also looks like the foliage in the background is being blown by the wind and creating motion blur, adversely affecting the out of focus rendering.
 
i don't really care about bokeh much and that's not the type of shooting i do anyway. a small lightweight and fast 35 will make a nice complement to my other 35mm lenses.
i would think that the 1.4 would be used more in a dimly lit bar or some nice evening shots.

and as far as knocking a lens that isn't out yet and with only a handful of examples from it isn't about to put a damper on my getting one.

:)
 
Truth is I'm not that concerned about how it works as a 50mm(ish) lens on a M8, I want to see how the thing performs as a proper 35mm with some film behind it.
 
I am tempted by this lens because its A) small b) cheap and c) fast.

I cant think of many other 35's that do that. I have the nokton and its beautiful but its hardly a walk around lens. Dismissing a lens based on a few shots of its bokeh at F1.4 on a digital crop frame seems silly. Worst comes to worst you can shoot it at F2 and you are then getting something similar in the size of a summicron, at a fraction off the price, brand new and with the ability to go faster if you choose

(that is if the people complaining can beat their fear of scary bokeh! :p)
 
@jamxo - very true. its a fair point to not judge a lens from a small sample but i suppose that's human nature! i am still interested in this lens...just that i was hoping the rendering might be more like the hexar af. as you say, it might be lovely by f2.
 
they already have a huge 35/1.7. I hope the new offering is smaller volume.

I am waiting on the 35/1.2, where Mr K will blow out the competition.
 
Gotta say, the bokeh it exhibits seems similar to the 40 nokton when shooting bright point lights, however... this lens definately has a more pronounced '3D effect' to it compared to the 40 notkon (as far as I can tell). Really awesome.
 
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