Generally, any aperture wider than f/1.4 is considered particularly wide, which makes the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/0.9 for Fujifilm X Series cameras a particularly noteworthy offering. With a maximum aperture over a stop wider than f/1.4, bokeh fanatics and anyone who needs a lot of light-gathering power should be interested. This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and the sort of performance and image quality you can expect from it in usage.
Coming to you from Christopher Frost, this great video review takes a look at the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/0.9 lens for Fujifilm X Series cameras. With such an extreme maximum aperture, you might not be surprised to hear that the 35mm f/0.9 is not cheap, but for that price, you also get a nice set of features, including:
- All-metal construction
- Ground aspherical element on first surface of lens
- 10 elements in 8 groups
- 12-blade diaphragm for particularly smooth bokeh
- Built-in aperture ring
- Minimum focus distance: 1.1 feet (35 cm)
- Maximum magnification: 0.14x
Perhaps the greatest drawback of the lens is its manual focus design, but with the focusing aids of modern mirrorless cameras, working with such lenses isn't as hard as it used to be. Check out the video above for Frost's full thoughts.
