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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Fons Baerken on January 15, 2025, 18:53:34

Title: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Fons Baerken on January 15, 2025, 18:53:34

New lens from Voigtländer for the Z mount

https://www.cosina.co.jp/voigtlander/en/z-mount/nokton-28mm-f1-5-aspherical/ (https://www.cosina.co.jp/voigtlander/en/z-mount/nokton-28mm-f1-5-aspherical/)

https://youtu.be/Du9DS-ICD9Y (https://youtu.be/Du9DS-ICD9Y)

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Snoogly on January 15, 2025, 20:42:16

I just came here to post the exact same information!  ::) ::)

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: pluton on January 16, 2025, 07:39:36

I am a candidate for buying this lens.  I may buy "sight unseen".  I need a compact 28mm for Z that's not the Nikon one.

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Airy on January 16, 2025, 18:11:59

Review here : https://www.5050travelog.com/camera-and-lens-reviews/voigtlander-nokton-vintage-line-28mm-f15-aspherical-review (https://www.5050travelog.com/camera-and-lens-reviews/voigtlander-nokton-vintage-line-28mm-f15-aspherical-review)

sorry, that's the VM mount version with adapter

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: pluton on January 18, 2025, 02:49:22

I've seen no mention of close range correction ("floating elements") on this new Voigtlander 28/1.5, which may affect my interest.

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Erik Lund on January 20, 2025, 11:25:29

Looks very capable  8)

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: pluton on March 11, 2025, 05:10:41

Bought a new copy of this 28/1.5.  Results were disappointing for my uses.  Extremely sharp in the center of the 24x36 frame.  Heavy axial CA that I cannot deal with. Might work Ok if shooting B&W.  Cannot deliver an infinity focus (distant landscape view) shot that is acceptably sharp from side to side at any aperture. This could be curvature of field, so with centrally located subjects it may not matter. I'll post example shots if anyone wishes, but they're boring test shots. I'll wait to see if the recently announced VM 28/2 Apo Lanthar is eventually made available for Z mount.

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Fons Baerken on March 11, 2025, 08:27:09

Thanks for your findings Keith, i read similar thoughts at fredmiranda, an apo version may take a while to produce if ever.

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Airy on March 13, 2025, 17:10:09

OK, looks like I'll stay with Zeiss 25/2 + adapter. Not perfect either (some backward field curvature) but pretty good, and made a trip to Japan in 2018 so there are good memories attached.

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: pluton on March 13, 2025, 20:00:33

Quote from: Airy on March 13, 2025, 17:10:09

OK, looks like I'll stay with Zeiss 25/2 + adapter. Not perfect either (some backward field curvature) but pretty good, and made a trip to Japan in 2018 so there are good memories attached.

The Zeiss 25/2 is well worth using on the Z cams, even though Nikon prohibits us from using the aperture ring for setting the stop (when used on FTZ).

Title: Re: new lens from Voigtländer nokton 28mm f/1.5
Post by: Airy on March 14, 2025, 17:04:45

Quote from: pluton on March 13, 2025, 20:00:33

The Zeiss 25/2 is well worth using on the Z cams, even though Nikon prohibits us from using the aperture ring for setting the stop (when used on FTZ).

Yes, that's the one big minus when coming from the Df...