Nokton 35/1.2 handling?

[rover]

Plus, it'll increase the camera's inertia, so you can pull off those slow speeds better

Hey, you sound like a golfer there, 460cc high MOI Driver?

 

[steverett]

Hey, you sound like a golfer there, 460cc high MOI Driver?

Sorry, no. I'm just an engineer 😀


@ f/1.2

@ f/5.6

 

[Rafael]

My Nokton arrived in the mail today and, after a couple hours of use with it, I can say that I fully agree with those of you who lauded its build quality. I really like the feel of the lens. I was also intrigued to notice that, as Didier claimed, the 1.2 aperture stop has a noticeably different "click" sound to all of the others.

Does anyone use the optional vented hood for this lens? I actually find the intrusion of the lens into the VF with the standard hood quite manageable. But you do certainly get more of the VF back when you take the lens hood off. I am wondering just how much difference there is between the intrusion of the standard and the vented hood. Anybody?

 

[principe azul]

I am wondering just how much difference there is between the intrusion of the standard and the vented hood. Anybody?

Yes, I bought the vented and use it. Just like the aerodynamic look, and it was an expensive lens, so might as well go the whole hog. Without going back to find the standard hood, boxed away somewhere, I recall the vented hood moves slightly closer to the RF patch, but it has the big cutout, so overall it doesn't occlude as much as the standard hood. Helps that I've trained myself to focus with both eyes open unless the detail in the RF patch isn't that clear, so I'm just aware of it in the corner.

Not a night and day difference, though, between the hoods. But I'm used to vented hoods and knew what to expect.

PS See you have an M4. Still have mine, so could check it out for you, if I can take photos of it, and given a couple of days to get round to it... 🙂 The occlusion will look different from an M6, of course, because the M4 framelines are closer to full frame. And I can see whether I can rely on my powers of recall, too... 🙂

 

[Keith]

Looking at this photo I'm puzzled ... maybe it's a peculiarity of the RD-1 but I don't find some of the highlights in the OOF areas pleasing in this image ... they seem harsh and somewhat fragmented. 🙂

 

[Rafael]

See you have an M4. Still have mine, so could check it out for you, if I can take photos of it, and given a couple of days to get round to it... 🙂

That would be great. Thanks very much.

 

[papasnap]

Use it with my R2a. Heavy, but in a good, well made way. Big but only in terms of rangefinder lenses, totally normal if you are used to SLR primes, small if you are used to SLR zooms. Can't fault this monster:

That is at F1.2, and this is a scan, its even sharper on the neg!
J.

jamie, that shot is pure gold. I'm loving your work with the nokton, looking on your wordpress site - great stuff!

 

[Nando]

Here's one of mine taken wide-open. I added the vignetting.

 

[principe azul]

Hi Rafael,

At closest focus, 0.7m, on the M4:

 

[principe azul]

At infinity on the M4:

 

[jbf]

Nando that's a lovely shot!

 

[principe azul]

and the two hoods side by side, if you tilt your head...

Didn't use a tripod for either camera, so it's not scientific - always knew I'd find a need for a pin-registered F3 one day 😉 - but it seems to back up what I said earlier. From the two hoods photo, you can see this would be the case.

The vented hood means the camera and lens will tilt up just a few degrees when put on a flat surface, as opposed to tilting forward a few degrees.

 

[Rafael]

Thanks very much for posting these Ian. Do you find that the lens is more flare resistant with the vented hood? From what I have read, it already handles flare quite well. But added protection against stray light would seem to be the only real benefit of the vented hood. It doesn't seem that it occludes the vf any less than the regular hood. In fact, from the photographs that you have posted, it would seem that the regular hood actually blocks less of the VF. Very interesting... Thank you very much for posting these.

 

[LeicaTom]

That is at F1.2, and this is a scan, its even sharper on the neg!
J.

Beautiful shot!

Looks like a 35mm I could live with "wide open"

Tom

 

[Nando]

Thanks JBF. 🙂

 

[principe azul]

Hi Rafael, barely had the lens a month, and everything I've shot has joined a huge pile waiting to be developed, so can't say on flare. I'd expect the vented hood would have the edge, though, because it offers better protection from stray fingers 🙂

 

[mknawabi]

Does this lens get in the way of the R3A viewfinder?

Also, love your work jamxco. Saw a link to your page from severin's. you guys rock!

 

[jamxo]

Thanks everyone, I am real flattered.

I really can't fault this lens at all. Even the size issue, falls apart when you think of pretty much any normal sized SLR lens. And personally I love the size. I hold and focus my camera quickly and with confidence. It is just a very, very nice lens, especially if you like a narrow depth of field or shooting in low light.

Some recent shots:

Pretty much all at F1.2/1.4
J.

 

[morgan]

Jamie - that 3rd shot from the top looks like it's from a fashion spread (and I mean that in a good way!). Great shot.

 

[RayPA]

Here's one of mine taken wide-open. I added the vignetting.

very nice shot, nando! great use of the lens.


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