Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1:
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Sony Alpha Blog posted its full Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1 review which you can read in full here or check out the pro/con excerpt from the review below:
Pros
- Good sharpness at F1, very good at F2.8 and excellent as of F4 on the entire field
- No glow at F1, very good contrast as of F1
- Good resistance to flare
- No distortion
- Very nice sunstars from F5.6 to F11
- Very Smooth background blur
- Very good color rendition
- Very good rounded Bokeh Balls at F1 in the centre of the frame
- Excellent build quality
- Excellent ergonomics with very nice focusing ring
- Aperture ring that can be set to click or clickless
- Compact and light for a F1 lens
- EXIFs transmitted to the body
- Excellent rendering in video
Average
- Bokeh balls shape as of F1.4 (no more circular)
- Optical vignetting causing truncated bokeh balls at the borders (cat’s eye)
- Level of CA and of LoCA at F1
- Sharpness only good at F2
- Focus breathing
- Field Curvature
Cons
- Price
- High Vignetting wide open
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