Nikon has just announced the launch of its much-awaited NIKKOR Z 58mm f\/0.95 S Noct and the price tag is as crazy as the lens itself. Bravo, Nikon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nikon has taken an interesting approach to releasing glass for its new Z-mount mirrorless cameras, preferring to introduce more affordable, less \u201cpro\u201d lenses first and saving its premium glass for once the system is more established. There is one, exception, however: a 58mm, f\/0.95, prime, manual-focus-only lens that, rather than being affordable, costs a tasty $8,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
58mm at f\/0.95 will almost certainly make focusing somewhat difficult but I give Nikon a huge amount of respect for creating this thing. With the exception of Fuji, Japanese manufacturers are rarely experimental for the sake of being experimental, but this lens is just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Antireflection coatings should reduce ghosting and flare awhile the high-refractive index of the front element is claimed to \u201cdramatically\u201d improve aberration correction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The OLED display on the lens\u2019s barrel shows aperture, focus distance, and depth of field. Bokeh is claimed to be \u201cexquisite\u201d and the sample photographs certainly seem to confirm that. Be warned, the words \u201ccreamy\u201d and \u201cbuttery\u201d will no doubt feature repeatedly as soon as this lens gets into the hands of reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nikon Europe BV\u2019s Manager Product Marketing, Dirk Jasper, is suitably passionate, stating that \u201cit\u2019s exciting to see the promise of the Z mount system be fulfilled so powerfully.\u201d Unfortunately, to powerfully fulfill its promise, you will need to spend $8,000. If that\u2019s not quite in your budget, you can pick up the NIKKOR Z 50mm f\/1.8 for a mere $600 instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nikon has just announced the launch of its much-awaited NIKKOR Z 58mm f\/0.95 S Noct and the price tag is as crazy as the lens itself. Bravo, Nikon. Nikon has taken an interesting approach to releasing glass for its new Z-mount mirrorless cameras, preferring to introduce more affordable, less \u201cpro\u201d lenses first and saving its … Continue reading “Nikon Announces the 58mm f\/0.95 Noct: A Crazy Lens With a Crazy Price Tag”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronic-product","tag-nikon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}