Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 Nokton
Announced January 1, 2008
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Reviewer Consensus
Good
The Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 Nokton is a highly compact and affordable manual focus lens that delivers a distinctively classic, painterly aesthetic. While its vintage-style optical imperfections and lack of modern technical perfection may deter some, it remains a favorite for those seeking a fun, portable, and character-rich shooting experience.
Weighted from 11 reviewer scores
Pros
- Extremely compact, lightweight, and portable design
- Excellent build quality with smooth, solid manual focus and aperture rings
- Unique, artistic rendering and bokeh with a classic look
- High value-for-money price point
- Solid sharpness when stopped down
Cons
- Subpar optical performance wide open including softness, vignetting, and aberrations
- Limited usability features like lack of autofocus and long minimum focus distance
- Presence of barrel distortion
- Focus shift issues when stopping down
- Additional costs for accessories like the lens hood
- Launch price $629 (USD)
- Focal length & aperture 35mm f/1.4
- Mount & coverage Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF, Leica M Full-Frame
- Stabilization None
- Close focus 30 cm (0.16x)
- Filter thread 58mm
- Weight & size 262g (9.2 oz) · 67 x 39.6 mm (2.64 x 1.56 in)
What the Reviewers Say
All 11 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- PetaPixel 9/10
If you've in the market for a tiny, fun, manual focus bokeh monster to carry around with you, photographer Nitsan Simantov would like to introduce you to his "favorite lens ever": The Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 MC.
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Sharpness wide open is anything but great, corners never reach the quality of most other primes and many aberrations like Coma or Astigmatism and even distortion are not well corrected.
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[I]f the bokeh is to your taste and you don't mind some post-processing of the vignetting/chromatic aberrations, the Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm F1.4 is a very compact, extremely well-built "classic 35mm" lens that's an affordable alternative to the other 35mm Sony FE [...]
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Personally, I really like the lens, and have added it to my bag. I’ve really enjoyed shooting with it. If you like the look, it’s well worth a purchase.
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I am someone who is actually going to be looking to buy a more affordable 35mm for my M9 soon and this lens is at the top of my list.
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To me the Voigtlander 35mm 1.4 is like a mini Noctilux in that it is the imperfections and low light ability that attract me most of all.
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This Voigtländer 35mm f/1.4 is a poor lens lens if you worry about technical performance. It's unsharp by LEICA standards and loaded with barrel distortion.
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[T]he Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 MC is definitely staying on my camera, the quality and performance of that lens are what I was looking for:.
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I think for what you're getting for the money, this is probably the best-valued M-mount lens that you can find.
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This lens is a perfect, tiny, little, rangefinder lens.
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My conclusion for this lens is that if we're just talking about manual lenses, this is by far my favorite. I love the tiny size and how fun it is to shoot with.
