I also have this lens in S.C black paint/nickel on my MP and M3. Really was the best choice especially for shooting BnW film. For color I use the 50 Summicron.
Nice photos! I bought the first version of the VM Nokton shortly after it was released, about 11 years ago. Awesome lens. Back then, I didn’t have the funds for a Summilux, but now that I do, I don’t feel the need to “upgrade”. The optics and ergonomics are as great as they were in 2013. The version II is supposedly a bit sharper - and smaller - but at the expense of strong vignetting at wider apertures.
Nice review as always. For me, it seems that the deciding factor is the focus tab instead of picture quality. I have been a user of 50 summilux asph v1 for more than 5 years now. It's still one of my favourite lenses.
Great Review, Jimmy. the nickel brass version voight 50 is so charming in terms of build, best balance between optical quality and size. the only downsides is the focus ring being quite narrow and feel quite sharp. Being 43mm filter size also causes a bit of optical vignette and swirly bokeh wide open, but it brings the len characters. I don't mind softer look wide open for portrait at all. Love this lens so much.
i believe the reason for the better performance of Leica at close distances is due to the lack of floating element on the Voigtlander. Voigtlander probably would have not been able to make it that compact if they had to incorporate FLE in the lens design. This is one of the reasons why the APO Lanthar is relatively bigger (APO + FLE design) despite having a slower max aperture.
Awesome re-review Jimmy! :) Sounds amazing this Nokton can come close to the Lux. I’m curious about your opinion: Would you prefer this Nokton over the new 50mm 2.2 Color Skopar regarding image quality and performance? If I look at the specs the 50mm Nokton in aluminium is only 70g heavier and a bit bigger and features that 1.5 aperture which sounds incredible to me, since I thought that new Color Skopar is already great regarding size and weight based on f2.2 😮🙃
Cool video. I used several Voigtlander lenses (15mm, 28mm, 50mm, 76mm) for a couple of years and never liked them. Soft, murky and unpleasant bokeh at wide open, particularly the 28mm Ultron and 50mm Nokt. Not good. The 75mm was much stronger. Go for Leica if you’re on the M system. The price is definitely worth it.
@@Silverwarhawk leica lens owner always has tale to tell in order to cover up the “reasonable” price for those “Leica” logo 😂😂. You will never say bad about your 4k+$ purchasing
上半年買了這隻同款SC，原來擔心炫光問題結果表現很出色。小巧漂亮手感一流。相比Leica直出色彩略為透明，表現光色有種特殊的感覺，也算一種特色吧。謝謝jimmy的工作
嗯，比起越来越大的徕卡镜头，福伦达最近的offerings真的是很好的补充。
I also have this lens in S.C black paint/nickel on my MP and M3. Really was the best choice especially for shooting BnW film. For color I use the 50 Summicron.
Nice photos! I bought the first version of the VM Nokton shortly after it was released, about 11 years ago. Awesome lens. Back then, I didn’t have the funds for a Summilux, but now that I do, I don’t feel the need to “upgrade”. The optics and ergonomics are as great as they were in 2013. The version II is supposedly a bit sharper - and smaller - but at the expense of strong vignetting at wider apertures.
the corner sharpness of the voightlander is impressive
Nice review as always. For me, it seems that the deciding factor is the focus tab instead of picture quality.
I have been a user of 50 summilux asph v1 for more than 5 years now. It's still one of my favourite lenses.
ah the tab is always nice I'll have to agree.
Jimmy is back!
hello Jimmy. 這支和zeiss 的zm 50mm f1.5 有甚麼主要的分別啊? 如果追求人像拍攝那個會比較好?
I was just looking through some photos and admiring the look of my images w the 50mm 1.5 (on my Nikon Zf and voigtlander bessa), love this lens!
Great Review, Jimmy. the nickel brass version voight 50 is so charming in terms of build, best balance between optical quality and size. the only downsides is the focus ring being quite narrow and feel quite sharp. Being 43mm filter size also causes a bit of optical vignette and swirly bokeh wide open, but it brings the len characters. I don't mind softer look wide open for portrait at all. Love this lens so much.
Great review! Everything you need and no fluff. Would ask you to add some portrait shots for skin rendition, etc. thx!
Thanks! it's mostly decided by the camera and profile you use. At this day and age I wouldn't focus too much on color tbh.
i believe the reason for the better performance of Leica at close distances is due to the lack of floating element on the Voigtlander. Voigtlander probably would have not been able to make it that compact if they had to incorporate FLE in the lens design. This is one of the reasons why the APO Lanthar is relatively bigger (APO + FLE design) despite having a slower max aperture.
I believe so. It's really a trade-off here, size or sharpness.
Hello Jimmy nice review, just wondering is it single or double coating of the Voigtlander you are using in this video?
@@mingwatchchannel it’s the multi coating versiob
Awesome re-review Jimmy! :)
Sounds amazing this Nokton can come close to the Lux.
I’m curious about your opinion: Would you prefer this Nokton over the new 50mm 2.2 Color Skopar regarding image quality and performance? If I look at the specs the 50mm Nokton in aluminium is only 70g heavier and a bit bigger and features that 1.5 aperture which sounds incredible to me, since I thought that new Color Skopar is already great regarding size and weight based on f2.2 😮🙃
@@IntrovertAmateur honestly I would go for the 1.5 for versatility. But the 2.2 is so much nicer looking. Tough choice indeed.
Love my 1.5 II Nokton on my M10...
hi Jimmy, how does this lens compares to the similar lens of "Zeiss C Sonnar 50mm f1.5 ZM" ? any experience with sonnar ?
I'm gonna do a video soon as I have just bought and shot with the zeiss zm for a week.
@@JimmyCheng omg... I can't wait ....
Does this one cover with patina after some time?
Still craving for this lens
@@luissandoval6780 go get it it’s really good!
@@JimmyCheng I will!! Thank u
我的第一支鏡頭就是Voigtlander Nokton 1.5/50 II，搭配Leica SL2-S使用真的很不錯
唯一惱人的點就是它真的太小顆了，這尺寸用在M3上就很剛好
所以想找支替代品，Voigtlander Nokton 1.2/50或Leica Summilux-M 1.4/50都在考慮範圍中
但真的非常難選ˊ_>ˋ
已经有一段时间，我在考虑给Leica买第二支镜头。但是一直不能确定下来。出于对体积和重量的考虑，我准备买Voigtlander 。或者说，我想全面换到Voigtlander 。因为Voigtlander 与Leica比，价格和体积重量，都占优势。Voigtlander 的价格要便宜太多。几分之一的价格而已。所以，如果我换到Voigtlander，我可以买几只镜头，而不是买一只镜头。我买Leica的目的，就是为了在体积与重量方面得到实实在在的好处。我是从老单反换过来的。老单反的体积和重量，可想而知。50 1.5 当然是我考虑的镜头之一。但看到网上的其他人所作的评测，50 1.5 以及 35 apo，抗眩光能力非常差。可以说是Voigtlander中最差的。一般认为50 1.2 的抗眩光能力是最好的。但50 1.2 在我看来，体积和重量超过了我的预期。当然，这些都是指在Voigtlander门内进行比较。拿不定主意。而我对抗眩光能力是有要求的。有的时候，眩光完全毁掉一张照片。
@@happylinjun 老的50 1.5或者是sc版本的缘故吧。新的福伦达用的基本上就是蔡司级别的镀膜，我测试下来抗眩光都很强。
@@JimmyCheng 非常感谢！周末愉快！
福倫達的抗逆光我不知道，但50 summilux真的一般，我試過有張正背光人像相片就是不能用，不過那時我也忘了拆掉B+W的uv濾鏡試一試，有濾鏡也是會差一點
Cool video. I used several Voigtlander lenses (15mm, 28mm, 50mm, 76mm) for a couple of years and never liked them. Soft, murky and unpleasant bokeh at wide open, particularly the 28mm Ultron and 50mm Nokt. Not good. The 75mm was much stronger. Go for Leica if you’re on the M system. The price is definitely worth it.
Yea keep telling yourself that
@@Silverwarhawk leica lens owner always has tale to tell in order to cover up the “reasonable” price for those “Leica” logo 😂😂. You will never say bad about your 4k+$ purchasing