Nikon NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens review by Dré de Man (additional information on the lens can be found here, for pricing and availability check B&H Photo): The new Nikon Z mount is all about the possibility to design excellent fast lenses of medium and shorter focal lengths. The unique combination of a very small flange distance and very large mount diameter makes it all possible. It was no surprise then, that soon after the first rumors about the Nikon Z system surfaced on NikonRumors, a patent of a super-fast 58mm lens was discovered. Since many years, Nikon-aficionados were dreaming of a true heir to the Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2. The 58mm f/1.4 G was in a couple of ways better than the old Noct-Nikkor, but it was not called a Noct by Nikon for a reason. The F mount limited the design too much to make it as revolutionary as the Noct once was when it was introduced in 1977. Designer Haruro Sato called the 58mm f/1.4 G a three-dimensional hifi-lens and he was right. At infinity (where it matters) the 58mm f/1.4 G is really excellent, even larger apertures, but at f/1.4 up close not so much. A true heir to the Noct should be about bokeh *and* sharpness wide open *and* it should be fast; faster than f/1.2. Enter of the Nikkor Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct. It is fast, no doubt. But the million-dollar (ok, eight thousand-dollar question) is: will it be sharp and...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Friday, 22 November, 2019