LensRentals has loaned me a Nikon 58 mm f/0.95 Noct for testing. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reporting on the individual tests that I’ve been doing. The lens needs to go back soon, so it’s time for me organize my thoughts. This is an outstanding lens. I’ve worked with f/0.95 lenses before,… [Read More]

LensRentals has loaned me a Nikon 58 mm f/0.95 Noct for testing. I tested for illumination uniformity at f/0.95, f/1.4, and f/2. I focused the lens on infinity, and made four exposures of a white wall about three feet away with the camera turned 90 degrees around the lens axis between each shot. I brought… [Read More]

LensRentals has loaned me a Nikon 58 mm f/0.95 Noct for testing.  In the previous testing, I found that this lens has outstanding far-out-of-focus bokeh. I made some images to let you all judge the transitional bokeh.             Looks great to me. The EFCS shading observed in the LED bokeh… [Read More]

LensRentals has loaned me a Nikon 58 mm f/0.95 Noct for testing.  I tested for field flatness using Roger Cicala’s Ps>Filter>Stylize>Find Edges trick with the lens on a Z7 body wide open. The scene: The results at two distances:       The field is very flat. Some longitudinal chromatic aberration (LoCA) is visible.

LensRentals has loaned me a Nikon 58 mm f/0.95 Noct for testing. In the previous post, I showed you out of focus point spread functions wide open and at f/1.4. Those were made with the mechanical shutter. They were the second set I made. The first set was made using EFCS, and it showed shading:… [Read More]