Elegant and versatile, the Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical Lens is a fast and compact wide-normal prime for Canon RF-mount mirrorless cameras. Featuring an optimized optical design, two aspherical elements are used to reduce spherical aberrations and distortion for impressive clarity and sharpness throughout the aperture range. The lens is also defined by its bright f/1.2 maximum aperture, which benefits working with selective focus techniques and also aids working in low-light conditions. Additionally, a 10-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing bokeh quality, and the lens's manual focus operation permits working with subjects as close as 1.1' away.
- Full-Frame | f/1.2 to f/22
- Extremely Fast Prime
- Manual Focus for Reliable Fine-Focus
- Minimum Focusing Distance: 1.1'
Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical Overview
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Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical Reviews
Great prodcut
Take photography to another level
I went with my heart on this one
My brain said get the RF 35mm1.4, but my heart said Get the Voigltander 40mm 1.2. I went with my heart. As shared, I chose this lens over the RF 35mm 1.4 VCM. That lens was clinically sharp, had some character, but eventually I felt like it was too wide, and *software corrected* instead of being optically corrected. So I chose the Voigtlander because it's just more fun to shoot with, is smaller, and has better, indescribable images. Furthermore, I had fell in love with the Nokton 35mm 1.2 (50mm FF equivalent) for the X-Mount on the X-Pro3. What I loved so much about that lens is present here -- beautiful, dreamy character when wide open at F1.2 to and sharp, SHARP results at F2 and above. The special thing about the 40mm variant on the Canon R5 Mark II / full frame is that it gives me a little wider FOV than the previous lens I had on APS-C, while still retaining all that character. So it's more of an everyday lens for someone who wants to document life while still having enough compression to isolate subjects. In images, there's a vignette at 1.2, but it's pleasing and even and helps to isolate those subjects even more -- stop down to f2 or above and it stars to dissipate. Again, it's pleasing and part of that character at the wider apertures and definitely gives off a vintage feel. With Canon's manual focus mode implementation (two arrows line up towards the center of a focus box) in addition to focus peaking, I am finding that I am getting a lot more keepers from this lens paired with a modern body like the R5 Mark II than I did with the 35mm 1.2 on the Fuji. Build quality is just as good -- solid, weighty feel to it. Optics incredibly clear and have no problem resolving the 45 megapixels of Canon's 8k sensor. No weather resistance, but I hear that Voigtlander lenses have tight tolerances so taking care of it when in inclement weather should help some (but I wouldn't shoot in super dusty environments, and I'd be incredibly careful in rain, mist, sand, beaches etc). If you don't need weather resistance, have some other lenses for work, and want to have fun with your camera, take a look at this one for sure.
