bump!
I went to the shop today (I'm saying the shop because there is only one shop that has M mount stuff) and as i was looking for a 50mm lens and what they have available here was the CV Nokton 50mm f1.1 looking at me with his sad eyes and huge glass.
So i bought him.
Ha! take that spontaneousness! Even if there is no such word.
Hi Bizarrius,
I am sure that you did well, based on my experience. I own a summicron 50 (1969 formula) and a VC 50/1.1 . No doubt they are different and I use them in different circumstances, along with a nice Summarit 50 1.5.
The Nokton took me a while to understand, however now I think it is a great lesn and I am attached to it. From 1.4 it is razor sharp. Not as my Cron 1969, but again the cron 1969 has the highest performance of any 50 so far (including new leicas).
When I want some pronounced "tunnel effect", I use the Summarit 50 and old Summilux 35; when I need more publishable results, flat field of curvature, I use the Nokton at dusk, cron50 in the day, and summarit 35.
Again, it depends which combination film / digital / lens you are using, what are the conditions, and what result you want. Bear in mind, each element acts like a filter in the chain, hence a contrasty lens coupled with a contrasty lens and hasrsh conditions will give different results as stand-dev film, vintage lens, and misty weather...
To summarise, the nokton is not a noctilux 1.0, it does not have this dramatic fall of DoF; its character and smoothness in its rendering looks closer to the modern 0.95 leica (though obviously not in the same league). It is rather neutral even so at 1.1 it has a nice feel and picture imagery.