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(More customer reviews)The Voigtlander Nokton 58mm is made by Cosina in Japan. On Pentax DSLRs, it is equivalent to an 87mm lens - a very useful focal length for portrait photography. The lens is all-metal, but its online photographs don't really do it justice - it's a real pleasure to hold and control, but you wouldn't be able to tell that just from looking at its photos. Build quality is in the same class as the Pentax Limited series - at 380$ (price as of August 2009), that makes it quite a bargain, given that few of the Pentax Limited sell for less.
The Nokton is a manual focus lens, which doesn't bother me at all, as I rarely use AF, but YMMV here. The focus ring is smooth and allows very accurate control - it's a real pleasure to use. Aperture can be controlled in camera, so the aperture ring is not something you'll need to use (just set it to A). Some reviews mentioned that the exposure is not determined correctly, but so far, I have no complaints in this area - the exposure was always set correctly for the photos I shot. You will have to enter the focal length when starting the camera, because the Pentax DSLRs won't recognize the Nokton - I just selected 55mm, as that was the closest option available.
As far as sharpness goes, this is a very sharp lens - you'll be hard-pressed to find a sharper lens regardless of price and it's the kind of sharpness that can convince one to prefer prime lenses over zooms. I am very pleased with the bokeh as well.
Pros:
- useful focal length
- superb quality all-metal build
- fast and sharp
- buttery bokeh
- excellent focus ring
- great quality-price ratio
Pros/Cons depending on how you look at it:
- MF only - bad if you want AF, good if you like MF (AF lenses just don't control like this)
Cons:
- need to set focal length when starting camera
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Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SL-II Manual Focus Lens for Pentax Film & Digital Cameras: Manual focus lens with fully compatible metering. CPU matrix metering for full meter compatibility with current Digital Slr's. Penatx KA mount. Lets you control the F stop from the camera (set the aperture ring to F22.
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