04-27-2011, 08:52 AM
[quote name='outofrangefinder' timestamp='1303886782' post='7922']
I own the nokton 35mm 1:1,4 and the 40mm 1:1,4 as well and I use them on both a nex 5 and on an Epson R-D1. The 40mm performs better on both systems, regarding every parameter. At the mentioned price, I'd buy it without second thought. It is a very good lens which works well with the nex. The 35mm performs better on the nex than on the Epson, ironically, because it is subject to massive focus shift when stopping down - which makes correct focusing on the rangefinder a guesswork, whereas this is a non-issue on the nex, because you have live view. That said, there seems to be great variation among the 35mm. If you read rangefinder/leica forums, you'll always find some guys fighting over this lens, whether it has the focus problem or not. Overall, I'd keep in mind that the long minimal focusing distance of rangefinder lenses makes them less useful in some situations, eg when shooting details of plants, etc..
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Thanks, I think I'm going to follow your advice...even if it makes a little more useless the eventuality of buying a 50mm M-Hexanon, 40mm is a little bit closer to the 50mm then the 35mm...but I'd love too much to have this M-Hexanon, so if I find one for a good price, I will buy it anyway.
PS: "project NEX lenses" update ^^ ...by now these are nothing more than wishes
- 12mm f5.6 super-wide heliar voigtlander
- 21mm f2.8 contax G Zeizz Biogon ( would I be far from the reality thinking to use the 21mm as a 35mm equivalent on the NEX? I mean between 32 and 35 there is no great differences, or is there?)
- 35mm or, more likely 40mm, classic Nokton f1.4
- 50mm Konica M-Hexanon f2
- 90mm f2.8 contax G Zeiss Sonnar
@ outofrangefinder
What do you think about this lens too? Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 Lens
I own the nokton 35mm 1:1,4 and the 40mm 1:1,4 as well and I use them on both a nex 5 and on an Epson R-D1. The 40mm performs better on both systems, regarding every parameter. At the mentioned price, I'd buy it without second thought. It is a very good lens which works well with the nex. The 35mm performs better on the nex than on the Epson, ironically, because it is subject to massive focus shift when stopping down - which makes correct focusing on the rangefinder a guesswork, whereas this is a non-issue on the nex, because you have live view. That said, there seems to be great variation among the 35mm. If you read rangefinder/leica forums, you'll always find some guys fighting over this lens, whether it has the focus problem or not. Overall, I'd keep in mind that the long minimal focusing distance of rangefinder lenses makes them less useful in some situations, eg when shooting details of plants, etc..
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Thanks, I think I'm going to follow your advice...even if it makes a little more useless the eventuality of buying a 50mm M-Hexanon, 40mm is a little bit closer to the 50mm then the 35mm...but I'd love too much to have this M-Hexanon, so if I find one for a good price, I will buy it anyway.
PS: "project NEX lenses" update ^^ ...by now these are nothing more than wishes
- 12mm f5.6 super-wide heliar voigtlander
- 21mm f2.8 contax G Zeizz Biogon ( would I be far from the reality thinking to use the 21mm as a 35mm equivalent on the NEX? I mean between 32 and 35 there is no great differences, or is there?)
- 35mm or, more likely 40mm, classic Nokton f1.4
- 50mm Konica M-Hexanon f2
- 90mm f2.8 contax G Zeiss Sonnar
@ outofrangefinder
What do you think about this lens too? Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 Lens