I bought the NOKTON classic 40mm F1.4 for VM mount for Leika at Photo Suffren, a used camera store located near the Eiffel Tower, and fell in love at first sight. The NOKTON classic 40mm F1.4 is a manual focus lens like the APO-LANTHAR 50mm F2 Aspherical I introduced the other day, but it is not a lens that pursues the highest performance image quality like the APO-LANTHAR 50mm F2. However, it is not a lens that pursues the highest image quality like the APO-LANTHAR 50mm F2. When you actually use the lens, you will notice that it is quite soft when the aperture is wide open, especially at the four corners, so you need to be careful because the image flows a lot, but if you stop down to F4 or more, the resolution improves to some extent, making it a very interesting lens. The photo above was taken from the Sumida River with the aperture stopped down to F8. I liked it because the resolution is quite good and it has the flavor of a classic lens. Shot taken with the NOKTON classic 40mm F1.4 at Charles de Gaulle Airport in the early morning It was a very dark day, so I opened the aperture to F2.8, and was able to capture an attractive shot by placing the subject in the center of the image. The old-lens-like tasteful images of the NOKTON classic are addictive This is a shot of my partner’s hand just before we left for … Continue reading With NOKTON classic 40mm F1.4 From Paris to Tokyo