04-27-2011, 06:46 AM
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PS: thank you so much for all the advices <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ...one last thing, I have been offered to buy the voigtlander 40mm 1.4 for a good price 250 euro and I was wondering which were the differences between this and the 35mm...they seems pretty the same to me, especially on the NEX, am I wrong? ( I have just read about some complaining on the bokeh of this objective <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..
PS: thank you so much for all the advices <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ...one last thing, I have been offered to buy the voigtlander 40mm 1.4 for a good price 250 euro and I was wondering which were the differences between this and the 35mm...they seems pretty the same to me, especially on the NEX, am I wrong? ( I have just read about some complaining on the bokeh of this objective <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> )[/quote]
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..