50/1.5 Aspherical Nokton on the M8?

[johnastovall]

How's the 50/1.5 Aspherical Nokton on the M8? Sean's review looks good and I'm want a 50 to shoot until I get my old LTM 50/2.0 'Cron back from Sherry with the IIIG.

Also do I really need to worry about coding on 50's and over if I'm using a cut filter?

[pklein]

Sean Reid loves his, shoots with it a lot professionally. He has some examples on his subscription site, ReidReviews.com.

I have one. I've shot it a lot with film as my fast 50. I've tested it on the M8, but no "real photos" yet. It has a very slight backwards focus shift, nothing major, less than my 35/1.4 asph which I usually can ignore in practical shooting.

The main thing that some people don't like about the Nokton is that nearby out of focus highlights can look a little weird, and the bokeh is wiry.

No, you don't need to code 50mm and longer lenses, unless you want the lens data in your EXIF file.

--Peter

[etienne_werner]

Originally Posted by johnastovall

How's the 50/1.5 Aspherical Nokton on the M8? Sean's review looks good and I'm want a 50 to shoot until I get my old LTM 50/2.0 'Cron back from Sherry with the IIIG. Also do I really need to worry about coding on 50's and over if I'm using a cut filter?

Hi Jonn.
I've got the Nokton and it doesn't need coding. I use a B&W IR cut filter. I find this lens is fine for low light situations.
Here are some pictures (BW) that are mostly done with the 50mm nokton
OUDSHOORN

Regards,

Etienne

[cme4brain]

Originally Posted by johnastovall

How's the 50/1.5 Aspherical Nokton on the M8? Sean's review looks good and I'm want a 50 to shoot until I get my old LTM 50/2.0 'Cron back from Sherry with the IIIG.

Also do I really need to worry about coding on 50's and over if I'm using a cut filter?

I have the Nokton as well. Great lens, I detect no focus shift. I do not code it but use an IR-cut filter.

[sean_reid]

Originally Posted by pklein

Sean Reid loves his, shoots with it a lot professionally. He has some examples on his subscription site, ReidReviews.com.

I have one. I've shot it a lot with film as my fast 50. I've tested it on the M8, but no "real photos" yet. It has a very slight backwards focus shift, nothing major, less than my 35/1.4 asph which I usually can ignore in practical shooting.

The main thing that some people don't like about the Nokton is that nearby out of focus highlights can look a little weird, and the bokeh is wiry.

No, you don't need to code 50mm and longer lenses, unless you want the lens data in your EXIF file.

--Peter

Hi Peter,

I love the bokeh from that lens. Wonderful lens all in all, really wonderful.

Cheers,

Sean

[johnastovall]

I got convinced by the second post and now have one on order from Cameraquest and a B+W 486 52mm from B&H.

[Irakly Shanidze]

it's a good lens. in my opinion, it lacks color punch of the 50mm summilux, but overall impression is more than favourable. i am very far away from my main computer, so cannot post any examples. the only thing that i do not like is how bulky it is as opposed to the first summilux (i use that one for comparison because their barrels look remarkably similar).

[Samir Jahjah]

Originally Posted by Irakly Shanidze

it's a good lens. in my opinion, it lacks color punch of the 50mm summilux, but overall impression is more than favourable. i am very far away from my main computer, so cannot post any examples. the only thing that i do not like is how bulky it is as opposed to the first summilux (i use that one for comparison because their barrels look remarkably similar).

Some pics with the Nokton 1.5...an excellent lens, even wide open.

[Samir Jahjah]

Originally Posted by sean_reid

Hi Peter,

I love the bokeh from that lens. Wonderful lens all in all, really wonderful.

Cheers,

Sean

...and here an example of the bokeh, which is very pleasant indeed. The last one is a 100 percent crop revealing the resolution of the lens (al files converted using lightroom).