Cosina has added another RF mount manual focus lens to their lineup, this time in the form of a Voigtlander NOKTON 75mm f/1.5. This follows the Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1.0 that was announced last year.
The new lens will be available in April for ￥135,000 ($900 USD).
Voigtlander NOKTON RF 75mm f/1.5
The NOKTON 75mm F1 .5 Aspherical RF mount is a large-aperture medium-telephoto lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras with Canon RF mount. Despite its large aperture with a maximum aperture of F1.5, it is both compact and high-performance. By adopting an aspherical lens, excellent descriptive power is demonstrated from the wide aperture.
Designed specifically for Canon RF mounts
Implemented with an optical system optimized for the image sensor of a mirrorless camera that uses a Canon RF mount. This lens has a full-frame image circle and can be used with both full-frame and APS-C mirrorless cameras.
Information communication with the body by means of electronic contacts
The lens mount is equipped with electronic contacts to enable telecommunication between the lens and the body. In combination with the body of the Canon EOS R system, it supports Exif information, in-body image stabilization (3-axis), and three types of focus assist functions (magnification, peaking, and focus guide).
Manual focus for reliable focus operation
The all-metal helicoid unit, which is machined and adjusted with high precision, and the use of high-quality grease that produces moderate torque, achieve smooth focusing with a sense of operation. It allows for subtle focus adjustment.
Minimum aperture set up to F32
Although it is a large-aperture lens with a maximum aperture of F1.5, the minimum aperture can be set up to F32. At f/1.5 with the maximum aperture, you can enjoy a large bokeh, while at f/32 at the smallest aperture, you can get deep focus.
Beautiful bokeh with 12 diaphragm blades
In order to make the holes formed by the diaphragm blades closer to a circular shape, a 12-element diaphragm is adopted. The out-of-focus part is a natural depiction, and the point light source is not a polygon, but a round and soft bokeh.
Aperture click switching mechanism
The aperture ring has a click switching mechanism, and it is possible to open and close the aperture steplessly without being affected by clicks when recording videos or adjusting the fine depth of focus
I'm so fed up of Canon and their foolishness. GIVE YOUR USERS WHAT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB AND WE WILL SUPPORT YOU BUT IF You DON'T WE WILL LEAVE, simple as that.
Incidentally, are you unaware that Canon offers an 85mm f/1.2 with excellent autofocus?
Were there really no good photos before autofocus? Yes, Birds in Flight and other fast moving subjects are more difficult with manual, but the ef100-400 is probably better in terms of image quality, size / weight, and price wise than what Sigma et al offer.
3rd party lenses are sooo much better!
PS: Menaces of naval activity are regaining momentum...
Even if Canon decide to provide unrestricted access to RF tech., they'll keep complaining (size, price, aperture, design etc...).
I have a Samyang 16mm F/2.0 Manual Focus for EF-S, I only use it for landscapes on a tripod so the MF doesn't hold me back at all. It would be harder to use MF for portraits with the 75mm f/1.5 but I'm sure there would be a few on here who would be good at it.
Don't ever think of adapting a Voigtländer, Zeiss or Leica M wide angle to an EOS R, in case the lens has a leica M bayonet. You'd get an ugly magenta/green cast on the sides.
WAs should be specifically offered for RF, the ones with Leica M bayonet are mechanically compatible, via an adapter, but not optically. Except the ones above 35mm focal length. I'm using with great pleasure M lenses from 35 to 135mm, the 35mm being one of very few WAs usable on R. The 35mm Zeiss (maybe the 1,4/35???) and Voigtländers usually aren't.
Anyway, test on YOUR body before buying, different sensors react differently! :)
“So basically, the reason why we have not been collaborating or partnering with a third party is because of our business strategy. Our business strategy says that we are not going to partner with a third party. And the reason why we came up with that strategy is because of the business that we are doing. So our business is that if we have some technology, we try to lock them up inside of our company and try to make a profit out of that. That’s the basis of our business,” Tokura says.
“And I think this is not just limited to Canon, but the other companies as well. But it’s been six years since we launched RF and we have come up with quite enough product lineups for the body and over 40 lenses. And so the business environment has changed around RF. And so based on that, we have considered expanding our new horizon to this business as a strategy. So that’s the reason why we started discussion with the third party list manufacturers.”