Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 AFS The New Noct-Nikkor

[atpaula]

I had the luck to find an excellent copy here in Brazil recently, quite cheap, of the 9 blades Noct.
Bought it imediatelly and now have two copies.

[JJChan]

Attempts at streetscapes/landscapes - the NeoNoct is already so good at portraits
Mostly f1.4 and f2

[tommiejeep]

Aguinaldo, many congrats and at a good price    A friend just bought the 58 1.4G for $850, as new.
JJ, interesting images.  Is that 'The Spaghetti House' part of a chain?  There were several of those in London's West End years ago.  Great, cheap place for a quick lunch or after work.  At night time the 58 stays on the Df  and the DC105 f2 works for day time Street portraits.
This is about the first image from the a7II, Leica Summarit-M 75 f2.5 handheld from my jeep

[JJChan]

Aguinaldo, many congrats and at a good price    A friend just bought the 58 1.4G for $850, as new.
JJ, interesting images.  Is that 'The Spaghetti House' part of a chain?  There were several of those in London's West End years ago.  Great, cheap place for a quick lunch or after work.  At night time the 58 stays on the Df  and the DC105 f2 works for day time Street portraits.
This is about the first image from the a7II, Leica Summarit-M 75 f2.5 handheld from my jeep

Tom
Nice rendition with the Summarit. I'm slightly annoyed that I didn't grab one when there was a close out at Cathay Photo in Singapore in March for S$1000 new  but I didn't think the focal length suited my style even after seeing your street shots with your Voigtlander.

The Spaghetti House is a pasta chain - probably similar to the UK one. The building in that shot in the distance is the Chungking Mansions - cleaned up and lost a lot of its 'charm' that was partly captured in the Wong Kar Wai movie.

JJ

[Harald]

Hi,

anybody tested a Voigtländer 58 1.4  directly against the new Noct?

Harald

[stenrasmussen]

Hi,

anybody tested a Voigtländer 58 1.4  directly against the new Noct?

Harald

I haven't tested the Voigt and Neo 58 directly but did a Voigt vs. Nikkor 50/1.2 comparison. Based on this I can easily say that the Voigt excel in one, possibly two areas: MF feel and wide open sharpness. It has big time coma disability.

[Airy]

I agree with "coma disability"; however sharpness at close range is a disaster with the Voigtländer (wide open, that is). It makes nice pictures for sure, but soft ones.

[Fons Baerken]

Df voigtlander 58/1.4

i have both the voigt and the neo noct, i think i prefer the neo noct

[Harald]

I tested 50 1.2 vs. 58 1.4: I prefer the Nikkor. Have to test the 58mm and think I need to buy it.

Harald

[Airy]

Df voigtlander 58/1.4

i have both the voigt and the neo noct, i think i prefer the neo noct

So finally you got a Voigt...
It remains one of my favourites, but from 2.8 and preferrably not at close range. Sharpness, low distortion and absence of flare make it a winner then.

[chris dees]

My favorite subject with my favorite lens.

[Airy]

I just had a chance to test one in a shop. Impressions :
1) very good lens overall (except the so-so build of course)
2) somewhat less LoCA than the 58/1.2, which is to me very important
3) probably quite good wide open, but in the absence of AF fine-tuning, there was significant front-focussing, so I am not quite sure. The 3D subjects, having at least one more or less thin zone in the focus plane, at least suggest this.

This was a daytime test, so not quite to the point.

[stenrasmussen]

Pushing a couple of Neo images in here:

[Frank Fremerey]

I have to learn the lens. Currently I do not trust it at 1.4, feel reluctant to use it. Feels pretty good starting from 2.0!

[Fons Baerken]

Depends on the camera on the D3, D800, Df i find no issues at wide open, the dx D500 behaves differently with the 58/1.4g (as a matter of fact with more lenses).