Sample Pix of C/V Nokton 50/1.5 Wide Open at Night

If you have any, could you please post some sample pix taken with the

C/V Nokton 50/1.5, wide open and at night? I�m interested in seeing

how it handles flare from point light sources like streetlights, neon

signs and such.

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Thank in advance.

If memory serves me correct, there are some such pix at nemeng.com as part of the article on choice between various 50mm lens options.

Paging Cameron Sawyer...

http://nemeng.com/leica/013b.shtml

Sheldon, just for comparison, here is a shot taken with the 1950s Nokton 1.5. Wide open, at twilight.<div></div>

I'm not sure if the distortion of the image circles is caused by aberrations or by camera shake. Can anyone tell?

if it was camera shake, wouldn't it affect the entire picture?

That's a freaky (and nice) shot Robert! The OOF image circles give the image a very strong 3-D effect!

The chairs are sharp, so it surely can't be camera shake? The OOF areas look a bit like the Nocti at f1!

True. The chairs aren't blurred. Must be aberrations. The near parts of the chairs were my point of focus. Here's another shot taken with the same lens on the same day. This is at f5.6. Notice the beautiful bokeh in the foliage and the fine detail in the tree bark. There's a reason why this was a sought-after lens.<div></div>

And here's a detail from the second shot.<div></div>

Another foliage shot...<div></div>

Robert,

 

what do you mean when you say 1950's Nokton? what lens is that. It looks nice enough if you keep away from 1.8

New York Twilight is a definate candidate for the bad bokeh museum

oh, that NY Twilight shot makes me want to stay away from this lens. Or could it be something in the scanning alt. jpeg compression?

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Let�s not get confused folks. Robert�s is the <a href = http://www.cameraquest.com/vgtnok.htm> original<a> Nokton.

Robert:

 

I think the bokeh from your Prominent mount Nokton is due to the

design of the lens--we're talking 1950s technology, after all

(above is an example from mine, mounted on my M6, to keep

things on topic). It's very similar to the bokeh provided by the

Zeiss 50/1.5 Sonnars in certain situations. This probably

shouldn't surprise anyone, as both were the finest super-speed

lenses of their time period & after Zeiss Ikon acquired

Voigtlander, they originally planned to use the Nokton as the

standard lens for the Contax IV, which never went into

production.

"Noctiloonies" This is a new one on me.

Oops, forgot my attachment. Here is a buddy of mine, using a

1950s Voigtlander Nokton 50/1.5 for Prominent, mounted via

adapters on my M6 TTL.<div></div>

Sheldon:

 

To answer your query, here is a shot from a business trip to

Seattle, taken using the modern Cosina Voigtlander 50/1.5

Nokton, again on my M6 TTL.<div></div>

Sheldon:

 

Unfortunately, I don't seem to have taken any pix w/the Cosina

Voigtlander Nokton wide-open w/any point light sources in the

frame. Here's the closest thing, a shot taken @ f/2 in Vancouver,

BC.<div></div>

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005xD

K

Chris, you own a bunch of 'fast' rangefinder lenses, how do you think the latest CV 50/1.5 stack up against old ones, 50'lux and the Noctilux in terms of tonality, bokeh, sharpness, but also build quality and handling?

 

Cheers,

Hi Sheldon: if I ever get my scanner running again, I will post a bunch of Nokton pics.

 

Meanwhile I can only give you words: like most fast 50's, the Nokton is well corrected for point source flare. And in general, as many on this board will tell you, the Nokton is an overall great lens, doing almost everything very well.

 

The Nokton is NOT, however, a Noctilux, which is far beyond any competition at all for this sort of work, which is exactly what it was designed for. Yet another reason for Nocti-lust, a disease which is progressing in me.