We’re used to a brand new third-party lens being launched concurrently in a number of mount choices, however for the Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical, Voigtländer has adopted a staged launch schedule. The lens was first launched for Leica customers, earlier than being rolled out to Canon RF shooters in March this 12 months. Then in April it was the flip of Nikon Z customers to get in on the motion, and now Voigtländer has introduced the lens is formally getting a Sony E-mount launch.
Not like a totally guide lens which may be tailored for a number of mounts with relative ease, the Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical does have digital contacts for communication with the host digicam physique, so these have to be re-engineered in the course of the mount conversion. The inclusion of digital lens-body communication permits options like Exif knowledge recording, automated live-view magnification when the main target ring is turned, and compatibility with Sony‘s 5-axis in-body picture stabilisation (in digicam our bodies which provide this characteristic).
The Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical is a full-frame lens, and although it lacks autofocus, it is claimed that the all-metal helicoid focus mechanism provides excessive precision, and can be tuned with the help of top quality grease to offer optimum resistance for silky-smooth focus changes.
The aperture ring can cycle by means of the lens’s f/1.5-f/32 iris vary both seamlessly or in clicked f-stops, due to the built-in switching mechanism. The aperture itself is a 12-blade unit, making the iris very effectively rounded. This could in flip present smoother out of focus areas and creamier bokeh.
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7 lens components are organized in 6 teams, with a single aspherical aspect in the back of the stack. The Sony model of the lens is 73.9mm lengthy, 74mm in diameter, and weighs 515g; making it marginally shorter and lighter than the Nikon Z-mount model beforehand launched. The E-mount variant additionally has a barely longer minimal taking pictures distance of 0.55m (0.5m for the Z-mount version). Full specs beneath:
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The Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical lens for Sony E will price ¥135,000 in Japan – on the time of writing that equates to roughly $858 / £676 / AU$1,296. The lens is anticipated to go on sale in Japan in July, although a worldwide launch date has not but been introduced.
