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Hi LarsHi Lars!
Nice images.
The Bokeh is not much better then the Voigtländer 58/1,4 which also has a tendency to render quite a "busy" "nervous" bokeh wide open. Zeiss 50/1,4 is shares the same character wide open,though it gets alot better when you stop it down. Nikkor gets worse...
Im also looking forward to the Sigma 50/1,4 and will compare it against the Voigtländer 58/1,4 Zeiss 50/1,4 Zeiss 50/2 Makro planar, Nikkor 50/1,8 and maybe also the Nikkor 50/1,4.
/Paul L.
I concur with you Paul, the Nocton's bokeh is too nervous for my taste too.The Bokeh is not much better then the Voigtländer 58/1,4 wich also has a tendency to render quite a "busy" "nervous" bokeh wide open. Zeiss 50/1,4 is shares the same character wide open,though it gets alot better when you stop it down. Nikkor gets worse...
I don't know about the new Sigma but for now the KING of bokeh in this focal range is still the Noct Nikkor, take a look at these, busy foregrounds and backgrounds against the light in all these shots yet the Noct kept it all clean and creamy, all wide open;Im also looking forward to the Sigma 50/1,4 and will compare it against the Voigtländer 58/1,4 Zeiss 50/1,4 Zeiss 50/2 Makro planar, Nikkor 50/1,8 and maybe also the Nikkor 50/1,4.
/Paul L.
Hi Jono.Hi Lars
I disagree about the voigtlander - mine at least has a good bokeh . . and so does Terry's judging by the shots she's posted - far better than the nikkor 50 1.4, can't comment about the zeiss as I don't have one!
HI Paul - of course you are right - on the other hand I think lenses get reputations, sometimes ones that they don't deserve - I don't feel that the 58 1.4 is top of the heap - but those shots above were (IMHO) a torture test (and they were all shot wide open as well) , and I don't feel that it performs badly. Certainly in a different league from the nikkor 50 1.4.Hi Jono.
I think its highly unlikely that the bokeh varies depending on sample variation. The optical formula is the same. Its most likely our diffrent opinion regarding the bokeh that changes it.
Eitherway as i said, the 58/1,4 can produce pretty nice bokeh, as long as you dont put it to the to a torture test. (im talking about wide open shooting)
Upclose it performs very quite well as far as sharpness & bokeh goes.
The fringing in OOF areas aren't from the lens, its a product of the SLR/n. I picked the worst case scenarios for both lenses and the camera which is the pits in these situations.It's amazing how much of bokeh is user taste. While nastier samples of the CV 58s bokeh are well, nasty, the Noct's bokeh does absolutely nothing for me. Busy, double-edging, color fringing in OOF areas (reminiscent but worse than 100ZF). On the Nikon 50/1.4 - ugh.