Voigtlander VM Nokton 40mm f/1.4 SC : Specifications and Opinions

Voigtlander VM Nokton 40mm f/1.4 SC

The Voigtlander VM Nokton 40mm f/1.4 SC is a standard lens for FF and APS-C. The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 400 €;

19 users have given it an average vote of 9.7 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Leica M: this lens is compatible with mirrorless (rangefinder) Leica M.

Specifications
Focal lenght	40 mm
Angle of view	56.8°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/1.4
Aperture blades	10
Lenses/Groups	7 elements in 5 groups
Min. focus distance	0.70 meters
Reproduction ratio
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Manual Focus
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	43 mm
Lens hood	Yes (not supplied)
Weather sealing	No
Weight	175 g
Dimensions	55 x 29 mm
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GualtieroMuti

sent on 14 Gennaio 2023

Pros: Build quality, yield, lightness, price: in short, everything

Cons: Two small flaws: difficult to focus vertically, and the hood is missing.

Opinion: I wanted a small bright compact a little narrower than the 28, both for the Z6 and for the analog Leica M, this 40 intrigued me: right compromise between the 35 and the 50. Having already the Leica Elmarit 28 f2.8, for street outings and travel I wanted to pair a similar but narrower optics. I chose it for the reviews and for the price and I assure you it does not make me regret the Leica. A little' soft and vignette a little' to TA, (corrects in PP), as soon as you close at 2.8 becomes excellent at 5.6-8 a blade really. I don't do numerical tests, I don't count the lines, I just need the result when I shoot: wonderful. Good contrast from F4 onwards, I do not see chromatic aberrations, excellent performance even at night, with lights, reflections and shop windows. In short, 1000 times happy and satisfied with the choice, I would never take it out of the car. Of course in its compactness you have to be careful with the MAF and Aperture commands that are close: you get used to it. Vertically the focus is more difficult because the tab is all to the ds and if you focus with the left (and hold the camera with the ds) you get bad and the hands interfere. But it's really stupid, maybe even here it's just a matter of finding the right movements. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. In the side backlight it suffers a bit, but they are really extreme conditions, I speak of side light because in the direct backlight nothing to say.

Pierfranco Fornasieri

sent on 12 Dicembre 2022

Pros: Unsurpassed quality/price ratio, optical output, dimensions

Cons: Inaccurate frames on rangefinder

Opinion: I bought it almost as a joke, because on APS-C the 40 becomes a 60 mm and is very convenient to use on the road, together with the 21 mm (which instead becomes a 31). Result: with two fixed you do the work of four. But let's not digress... Going back to the Nokton, I was really impressed by both APS-C and Full Frame. It will be that it has a 7-lens scheme in 6 groups (6 groups! the card above is wrong), it will be that if it had a red dot it would be called pre-aspherical Summilux, it will be that Mr. Kobayashi has been able to make the lenses ... Will... In any case this little guy is great. At full aperture it has a muffled sharpness, very pleasant. Closing even at only 2.8 becomes marked. Excellent grays in black and white. Blurred beautiful: present and at the same time not bulky. If it were called Leica we would be talking about yet another German masterpiece. In this case, since he made it (even displaced, why not) a Japanese and given the cost it has, a masterpiece is even more so. The only drawback: if you use it on rangefinder cameras, it engages the frames of the 50 mm and in that case you have to get used to framing correctly.

Effebi57

sent on 04 Giugno 2021

Pros: Opening 1.4, size, beautiful lampshed, general rendering.

Cons: Diaphragm ring a little uncomfortable.

Opinion: I use it on my analog Leica CL and I feel great, perfectly proportioned to the size of the machine. Excellent full-opening blurry, soft but pleasant. As soon as you close the diaphragm by two stops, it becomes very engraved and makes a remarkable micro detail. As mentioned in the cons the only flaw is the diaphragm ring that needs habituation in order to be used intuitively. Nothing serious given the global surrender that makes me not regret the Summicron. I am very satisfied with the purchase even if I have not yet tried it digitally which I will do when I decide to detach it from the CL. Global vote 9.5

Raphael967

sent on 03 Aprile 2021

Pros: Weight, Size, value for money

Cons: Not comfortable the ring of the diaphragms and focus (especially vertically). Minimal focus a little long but normal for an optics born with Leica attachment

Opinion: I bought this second-hand toy for use with A7RII. It's the SC version and I have to say I'm 100% happy with it. I had buy Sony to attach all my vintage optics that have "character". At full opening it is certainly soft and vignette, but if you buy an optics like this maybe that's just what you are looking for. Without prejudice to all the "defects" in post production, they can practically be zeroed. Coupled with the A7RII I take it everywhere without being noticed. I travel a lot for work and in the last four years I have often gone to India, and shoot with Canon 5DM3 and a 24-70... don't go unnoticed. Next purchase the 21mm f4. The optics are old-fashioned, all metal and glass, rings absolutely as fluid as the old manual targetss. If you are not in a hurry to shoot without composing, and if you are not "addicted" to autofocus, I suggest it with your eyes closed.

Riccardo.asselta

sent on 02 Aprile 2021

Pros: Character, build quality and weight.

Cons: Position of the diaphragm ring... but just get used to it.

Opinion: I purchased a Nikon Z6 to be able to use precisely this type of lenses. Construction quality of the lenses of the past, only glass and metal, but despite this a feather weight. I immediately asked myself: how do you weigh 1/4 of Sigma Art while having the same brightness? The doubt is that it is performing 1/4 of Sigma Art. And here the surprise in this small barrel is enclosed a unique character. Of course, at the end of the day it is not a blade but just close a couple of stops and it becomes very sharp, contrasted, but above all unique. The photos taken with this little guy are distinguishable from those made with the latest generation of hypercorrect lenses. Pleasant and fluid rings even if it is necessary to make a habit of using the diaphragm ring that is placed at the front end of the lens.

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