This silky feeling, which one can only realize by manual focus design, is one of the primary characteristics of voigtlanders new nokton 60mm f0. Optical design software for optical systems comprised of light sources, lenses, apertures, prisms, imagers, photometers, etc. Xf includes our powerful rotman lens designer tool rld, which is intended for rapid development and analysis of rotman lenses given several physical and electrical input parameters. I used the leica 50mm summilux lens on my leica m67 cameras for years. Optical design benefits from interconnected software. Oslo optics software for layout and optimization is a powerful optical design program with the scope needed to meet todays optical design requirements.
Jan 01, 2020 i bought the voigtlander nokton 58 mm f1. Voigtlander shows the 10,5mm nokton lens design graph and. Its the sixth lens in voigtlanders fullframe emount line joining the voigtlander 10mm f5. Oslo is a powerful optical design program with the scope. Jan 16, 2011 todays guest post about the voigtlander nokton 35mm f1. This lens is branded voigtlander, made by cosina japan. Replacing the discontinued n version of this focal length, the new voigtlander lens with be offered in black and silver and boasts a colorcoded depthoffield scale, and. Imagine all the great lenses that leica has in their line up with aspherical surfaces and then this lens with similar characteristics at a fraction of the cost. I used that lens with cheap third party adapter, that has wider internal hole, so the rear lens element can fit the space. In many cases, the selection of tolerances is determined by experience, as well as by outputs from optical design software. This manual focus, manual exposure prime lenses utilizes a selective aperture control system, which permits switching between a stepless, declicked aperture selection method or a traditional. Get answers to your questions in our photography forums.
Schering ag the owner of voigtlaender since 1925 sold voigtlaender to the carl zeiss foundation in 1956 which resulted that voigtlaender became a part of zeiss. The noktons allmetal design gives it a much different feel from most modern lenses. At park cameras we stock a range of voigtlander lenses for micro four thirds cameras and for sony emount cameras. A couple of days ago, i received in the mail a copy of leica lens compendium, by erwin puts. It doesnt have quite the same level of microcontrast of the leicas, but even when printed at. Read our indepth voigtlander nokton classic 35mm f1. It is important to point out is the fact that this lens has ten aperture blades. Featuring superior image quality with stateoftheart optical design, the voigtlander nokton slii s 58mm f1.
The short clips show overviews of each program plus more detailed. Now, that i use a digital m8 with a crop factor of 1,33x, my favorite lens became a 65 mm. I was familiar with voigtlander from years ago, and was confident i would like their nikon f mount nokton 58mm f1. Sep 16, 2016 cosina announced a new voigtlander nokton 58mm f1. First im going to explain some mysterious lots of questions in the internet. The one nokton 35mm that is not compatible is voigtlander nocton aspherical 35mm 1. Aspherical lens design and imaging 3 where 1 is the angle between x and the angle of incidence, 2 the angle between m and the angle of refraction. In addition to classical lens design features, it combines advanced ray tracing, analysis, and optimization methods with a highspeed macro language to solve a wide variety of new problems. Just a few years ago, developers of optical systems had few software choices to aid them in their designs. Links on optical design and engineering the purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive list of links related to optics and optical simulation in general. Designed for users of nikon fmount cameras, the lens features a builtin cpu and ais compatibility. Voigtlander has announced their latest fullframe emount manual focus lens.
Choosing the right optical design software is about more than just the software. Free version of the winlens3d optical design package, which provides serious design and analysis tools for optical engineer, student or designer. Rotman lens designer rld is a software tool for the design, synthesis, and analysis of rotman lenses and their variants. The design of the lens is very unique in shape, which looks great paired with a leica m, and comes in both black or chrome i love the look of the chrome lens. Below you can see some images taken with this lens. Simulate light through the system and compute images and intensities at various locations in the design. Synopsys code v optical design software provides industryleading solutions for lens design and other imaging systems design. Optical design programs encompass lens and illuminator design, analysis, and tolerancing, as well as photometrically tailored design and the interface with external computeraided design software. The lens has builtin cpu and is ais compatible, the optical design is not changed. The optical design employs high refractive index glass to help control spherical aberrations and various distortions for a high degree of sharpness and clarity. Winlens3d basic free lens design software optical design.
Haoge 43mm square metal screwin lens hood for voigtlander nokton classic 35mm f1. The manual focus ring turns smoothly and includes a. The new model also has the classical nikon design colorcoded depth of field scale. Topics include optical design, optical engineering, illumination, laser, optical materials, thin film coatings, and many more subjects needed to build and analyze complex optical systems. Optical design software for simulating systems of lenses, prisms, etc. The latter was a 7element lens developed especially for the prominent range, and widely regarded as one of the best lenses from that era. The double gauss lens consists of two backtoback gauss lenses a design with a positive meniscus lens on the.
As its name suggests, the very compact, lightweight manual focus voigtlander nokton classic 35mm f1. With this tool, labs and eventually eye care professionals can design custom lenses for their patient. The result is much smoother and much more creamy bokeh that the f1. After a distinguished record in the middle of the 20th century making cameras and lenses, the company passed through several owners including carl zeiss and rollei before the rights to use the brand name were acquired by the japanese company cosina in 1999. Luxexcel will provide ophthalmic labs with a custom lens design software suite called the luxexcel visionmaster. Keep in mind that it was around 1am but i was actually looking at some of my portraits, and was thinking it would be nice to change it up a bit. Oct 25, 2016 cosina has announced a new highspeed voigtlander nokton 58mm f1. Having grown in capabilities over decades of development, modern opticaldesign software models, optimizes, and tolerances complex optical. While utilizing the same basic lens design as the classic version, this updated lens incorporates one aspherical element into its design to help control spherical.
After using the f6 with an old 105 ais, and seeing how great the viewfinder was, how easy it was to manually focus with the f6, i wanted to try one of the voigtlander nokton lenses. If you use this lens with apsc cameras, you will get an angle of view equivalent to a 50mm lens on a 35mm fullsize camera. For example, aspheres can correct for the spherical aberration inherent in a traditional lens. The large lens shade is of metal construction and screws in. With a 21mm equivalent focal length and an extremely fast f0. Dec 19, 2017 voigtlander has announced their latest fullframe emount manual focus lens. Because it has the longest focal length in the series, it is possible to draw with great bokeh. Jan 20, 2020 voigtlander has announced the release of its new nokton 21mm f1. That lens was at least as far as my understanding of optics stretches quite well corrected for spherical aberrations. Rotman lens design software rld synthesis, analysis. The lens comes with a nice metal hood and a hood mounting ring that screws into the filter threads. Opticaldesign programs encompass lens and illuminator design, analysis, and tolerancing, as well as photometrically tailored design and the.
The lens utilizes a pair of aspherical elements to reduce aberrations and distortions, as well. It gains an aperture ring mechanism which is switchable between clicked and clickless operation, a desirable feature for movie makers and previously seen in its 17. The casing of the lens is based on a classic design, but the lens uses modernday optics. Nov 29, 2010 the nokton also pleases when it comes to its included lens hood and caps.
Typically, having more aperture blades in lens design allows softer. Voigtlander is the oldest name in the photographic industry, with the original company founded in 1756. With 3d printed ophthalmic lenses you will have more design freedom to create customized products for your customers. So the optical lens design might include some extra area around the advertised fov e. The has a close focus ability of 70cm and a front filter diameter of 58mm. For these crops, i focused on the center area for both lenses. Unfortunately adapters to mount the nokton on modern cameras are not readily available, due to the lack of a focussing mechanism in the prominent lenses. This is a great form factor particularly for an f1. I tried out this lens through the use of a vm to emount adapter on a sony a7s.
Once i got used to the design and focus of this lens, even at f1. Aspheric surfaces are powerful tools that combine the optical corrections of multiple lenses into a single element figure 1 and affect performance in ways that spherical optics cannot. Nowadays, voigtlander manufacturer some of the worlds highest quality camera lenses, famed for their outstanding optical precision, colour definition, sharpness and minimised distortion. Regarding speculation earlier in this thread that the nokton 401. The aberration here is the older nokton classic 35mm f1. It is the highquality lowpoly 3d model voigtlander 17. At an angle of view equivalent to 120mm in 35mm format conversion, the aperture fnumber is 0. In the past, aspheric lenses were extremely difficult to manufacture. Example of increasing graphic sophistication, from a simple crosssectional line plot to a 3d wireframe to a 3d solid model in modern lens design software. Given that large aperture lenses tend to flare, a substantial lens shade is most welcome. Voigtlander added that detailed lens design graph and the full manual pdf file here. I do a lot of outdoor shooting and the voigtlander 58mm is a very solid lens, perfect for outdoor shooting. Interestingly though, its predecessor the voigtlander 50mm f1.
This is because they expect their software corrections to counteract lens distortion and thus crop or move parts of the image especially at the extremesborderscorners of the frame. Cosina has announced a new highspeed voigtlander nokton 58mm f1. The lens comes equipped with an aperture control system, which features a declicked aperture ring and allows for silent and smooth adjustments of exposure. Well, maybe not a funny story but you get what i mean. So, first of all why such weird focal length like 40mm, while there are tons of great mmount. It would seem, i guess, that correction for spherical aberrations was less of a priority in this lens design. I just got my new voigtlandercosina 35 mm nokton f 1. The double gauss lens is a compound lens used mostly in camera lenses that reduces optical. Amazon popflash product highlights and additional pictures. All major manufacturers had some of these lenses in their program, and some even. The differences are a matter of opinion and debate but suffice it to say, this lens compares favorably in many ways.
Today cosina announced the previously rumored voigtlander nokton 35mm f1. The synopsys optical solutions group osg, formerly optical research associates ora, has been providing worldclass support to our code v customers for over 40years. Free version of the winlens3d optical design package, which provides serious design and analysis tools for optical. Lensdesign software enables modern precision optics laser.
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