04-28-2011, 01:39 PM
[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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...I have been told that the 40mm - which is 60mm eq on the NEX - would be kind of odd to use as a fixed lens, because you'd have to stay quite far when the subject is a group of people and quite close to do a portrait, it doesn't fit to inside photography because it's too long, with macro or still-life wouldn't fit too because you have not enough optic enlargement and panoramic photos would be impossible.
...what do u think about that? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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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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...I have been told that the 40mm - which is 60mm eq on the NEX - would be kind of odd to use as a fixed lens, because you'd have to stay quite far when the subject is a group of people and quite close to do a portrait, it doesn't fit to inside photography because it's too long, with macro or still-life wouldn't fit too because you have not enough optic enlargement and panoramic photos would be impossible.
...what do u think about that? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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