Voigtländer has just announced that they will release lenses for FUJIFILM X-Mount cameras, starting with the Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm F/1.2 prime lens. This lens is fully manual, including focus and aperture. However, it has electronic contacts, so you’ll still have access to EXIF information, benefit from focus check, as well as FUJIFILM’s in-body image stabilization. So let’s take a closer look at it! Japanese manufacturer Cosina – the company behind Voigtländer – is well-known for making high-quality and unique prime lenses. Indeed, most of their lenses feature a substantial maximum aperture. Voigtländer lenses were available for various camera systems, including Sony E-Mount, MFT with their incredible Super Nokton 29mm F/0.8 lens, Leica M, and Nikon Ai-S. The company has just announced that they’ll start releasing lenses for FUJIFILM X-Mount cameras. This new lineup of lenses debuts with the Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm F/1.2 prime lens, which was already available for Sony E and Leica M cameras. Image credit: 起勢影 Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm F/1.2 features The Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm F/1.2 for FUJIFILM X-Mount cameras is a fully-manual lens. However, the lens features an electronic chip on the lens mount. In short, it means that the lens will communicate with the camera and give you EXIF information, focus confirmation/check, shooting distance, and it’ll work in tandem with FUJIFILM’s cameras that has in-body image stabilization (like the FUJIFILM X-T4, for example) and parallax correction (for X-Pro3 users). Image credit: 起勢影 However, the NOKTON 35mm F/1.2 is not “fully compatible” with every FUJIFILM camera. Indeed,...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 16 July, 2021