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Nikon Noct 58mm f/1.2 Ai-s : Specifications and Opinions

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The Nikon Noct 58mm f/1.2 Ai-s is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1982 to 1997 (discontinued). The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization.

11 users have given it an average vote of 9.4 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	58 mm
Angle of view	40.9°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/1.2
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	7 elements in 6 groups
Min. focus distance	0.5 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.15x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Manual Focus
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	52 mm
Lens hood	Yes (not supplied)
Weather sealing	No
Weight	465 g
Dimensions	74 x 63 mm
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Airy

sent on February 15, 2021

Pros: High contrast even wide open. Small size for a f/1.2 lens. A better allrounder than one may think.

Cons: Price. Modest performance at large aperture AND short distance. High barrel distortion.

Opinion: A multi-faceted lens. Its maximum aperture is way more usable than what the 50/1.2 would provide, contrast being rather high and central sharpness decent. However, at short distance (1m or less), the Voigtländer 58/1.4 will provide better images ; the Noct was obviously not optimized for close-ups. At f/2.8-f/4, it is a stunning portrait lens. At f/5.6-f/8.0, it is quite usable for cityscapes (beware of barrel distortion though). Bokeh is much better than with other Nikkor fifties. For night shots, modern lenses (e.g. Zeiss 35/2, Tamron 45/1.8) are more adequate. The Noct is rather a low-light lens.

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Gsabbio

sent on February 06, 2018

Pros: Bo-keh River

Cons: focus.

Opinion: It is a celebrated goal, most often for its rendering on the lights in night and astronomical shooting. In my opinion, this is very reductive. In fact, the Noct Nikkor 58 f 1.2 is an optics that gives its best on the portrait, with a very soft blurry that detaches and enhances the subject, but is not at all easy to use. Here is my experience of its use: for decades my way of photographing has been 'all in focus', that is: maximum depth of field. Then, about twenty years ago I found a Tamron 300 f2.8 and then I began to discover the value of the blurred (the bo-keh). Next, I changed the genre of photography: more sporty, more movement; I changed some lenses, 300 included, and no more bo-keh since. A few years ago I found at a reasonable price a Noct - widely used - that a cineoperator friend could not use because the focus was too critical. It was a real fortune. So I started using the Noct to photograph my grandchildren, who as sports subjects are very difficult, and I re-discovered bo-keh in its most extreme form. Extreme because shooting a dynamic subject working with the minimum depth of field is a crazy job, doing it with a manual lens f1.2 then, is practically a desperate undertaking. In fact, the number of images wasted is huge, at least 98% of the shots, but... that 2% that succeeds, pays off for everything. Let's be right: with the Noct, getting a full-opening shot that's fine and isn't laid in the studio, is more a matter of luck than skill. The focus in the viewfinder of a DSLR is always very approximate, because the blurry minimum is not perceptible unless working on the stand and with the live-view. In the hope of getting something more precise I also mounted on the D800 a focus screen with the stigmometer, but to no avai ming. So, I trudge by shooting 'scanning': that is, bursting shot moving slightly back and forth to get at least one image with fire perfectly centered on the subject's eyes, or moving the focus ring at the same time, and some results come... Shooting at f1.2 with the Noct results in sharp but also slightly nebulous images, an effect that disappears 'closing' to f1.4, where the depth of field is still derisory but with an extraordinary bo-keh that remains very soft even closing at F4. The Noct, in common sense, would be an optics for night photos but, in my opinion, it is a wonderful portrait optics and also macro. The amazing thing is also its sharpness that is never at the expense of contrast: the closed Noct at f4 is incredibly engraved (at least... in the middle). The Noct is undoubtedly a 'special' optics, which forces its user to completely review mental and compositional patterns, where the blurry becomes the protagonist as well as the subject. I don't know what its designers had in mind, but without any doubt what they thought, their way of conceiving 'photography', then it was fully understandable by very few EVALUATION: 10+ (for bo-keh)

Fabiobo

sent on September 25, 2016

Pros: unbelievable correction of coma, perfectly crisp in the center even at f1.2, allows shots in natural light where other lenses dream, extremely precise focus ring, not too hard nor too soft

Cons: hood with tough attack, not included in the acquisition at the time. accentuated color distortion at f1.2 (but facilemte correctable in post production), slight barrel distortion.

Opinion: It 'a mystical lens, the famous and much sought after by collectors, it does not seem possible to reproduce due to the manufacturing technique that is necessary in the implementation of the lenses of this true work of art. It 'a very slow, record, because the construction possibilities on the bayonet f Nikon do not allow such wide openings at longer focal lengths. The design limit seems to be precisely 58mm f / 1.2. Single lens proudly vaunt the words "Noct-Nikkor" just because it rated for use in conditions of light scarsissima.rnrnIl first prototype was built in only two specimens with Ai attack in 1976, then manufactured in 2462 specimens from 77 to 81 with attack the sun with 7-blade diaphragm, and finally 81 to 8951 98 pieces with attack Ai-s, 9-blade diaphragm, all entirely Japanese manufacturing. Inside there is an aspherical element ground hand, this already then it increased the proportion price. The price today is around second-actrno to EUR 3000 and even more in the usual online trading sites, does not justify the performance of the lens, but essendone so few left today is the demand to make the market. The hood of the time, Nikon hs-7, all-metal, is really bad, disfigures the lens and it is also difficult to install, but if possessed with the lens adds value to the whole. There is also one in (I think) rubber / plastic Nikon Hr-2, built more recently, I've never tried. rnrnAl touch is very manegevole despite the weight of well over 450g, the focus ring is very large (given the size of the lenses) and allows for a focus also to large openings. At the center is very clear despite the apetura and safe quarantenne.rnrnDi project is a niche lens, a cashier's check rambling (quoting an old friend), because many collectors are and will always be looking for this capolavoro.rnrnSicuro a commendation to mom Nikon that allows thenstallarlo still on ALL machines produced up to now. From the old Nikon F 70s to D5 of 2016, moreover, ALL camera bodies (except the entry level d5xxx and d3xxx d60 d40) have the meter reading of this magnificent lente.rnrnLente that, with the modern bad habit, it will be impossible to evoke production. rnrnrnrnrnrn

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