Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 aspherical lens represents something unique in the world of lenses, as it is currently available anywhere the only full frame 40 mm f/1.2 optic anywhere. For someone looking for that right middle ground between the versatility of 35 mm and a slightly tight framing of 50 mm, this manual focus lens promises a complicated combination of ultra-wide aperture and compact shape.
Coming from you Christopher frostIt puts a comprehensive video review Voigtlander nokton 40mm f/1.2 aspherical lens Through its pace on 45-megapixel nicon Z7 to reveal both its strength and significant weaknesses. The frost examines the grand all-metal manufacture of the lens, which weighs just 420 grams and has beautifully smooth focus and aperture rings with an accurate touch response. Build quality affects, although you will not get weather-sedation around Mount. During testing, it becomes immediately clear that this lens is suffering from enough focus breathing, meaning that the area of your view particularly changes because you focus at a distance from infinite.
Optical performance tells a more complex story that potential buyers need to understand before investing in the lens. On its maximum f/1.2 aperture, the lens provides only the acceptable sharp in the center with ghosts at a less contrast and some high-contrasting edges. You will really need to stop at f/2 before achieving sharp results, which defeats the purpose of paying for that ultra-wide aperture to some extent. F/2.8 corners remain soft, and the lens displays very strong vignating on broad aperture that is not completely clear up to F/4. Frost also detects important issues with flair resistance and coma disaster that remain through wider aperture.
Major glasses
- Focal length: 40 mm
- Maximum aperture: f/1.2
- Minimum aperture: F/22
- Optical Design: 8 elements in 6 groups
- Aperture Blade: 10 Straight Blade
- Minimum focus distance: 11.8 “(30 cm) most on Mount
- Filter size: 58 mm
- Weight: 11.1 oz (315 grams)
- Only manual focus and aperture control
Despite these technical boundaries, the lens still manages to produce attractive images, and even widespread open, and its unique focal length and aperture combinations offer creative possibilities that you can’t get just anywhere else. Once you customize it, the manual focus experience proves to be pleasant, and the compact size makes it far more practical than the typical f/1.2 optics. The test of the frost shows that stopping F/2.8 impressively turns this lens into a sharp artist. Watch the video above from frost to full randon.
