NIKON 58mm f0.95 NOCT REVIEW | Was I COMPLETELY WRONG?

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This is a REVIEW of the Nikon 58mm f0.95 Noct. This overpriced and overhyped lens does not autofocus, does not do a lot of things but was I completely wrong about it? I took this lens out to Longwood Gardens to photograph flowers, a few landscapes and a few quick portraits. How did it do? Find out in this Lens Review video.
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[@froknowsphoto]

FIRST!!!!!

[@alon1461]

thanks for the amazing content, Jared love, from Israel

[@matthewmurphy3395]

Glad I’m not the only one who can’t shoot with glasses on.

[@bowtiebonanza]

That music sounds like Masterclass...

[@alexsystems2001]

Jared Polin I watched the whole video, it’s definitely not the lens for me 🤣 I agree for the price, I have no idea who it’s for. You could buy a bunch of good versatile lenses for the price of this one. Why anyone would buy this... because they have tons of money and they can I guess

[@ElGrecoDaGeek]

The secret door is a kensington lock

[@adem-videography]

This lens does the ultimate Tony background.

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

The first lens that does justice to his addiction.😂

[@mattdustz9215]

😂

[@applehernandez08]

😂😂😂

[@robertmarks6525]

aye y all yuh so 4cup 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SantiagoMonroy5]

nailed it.

[@RealRaynedance]

It's kind of funny how you said it's difficult to find the right focusing spot because of the long focus throw. The long focus throw is what makes that necessary precision possible in the first place. But I'm glad you finally get the point of the lens. It's aimed at a _very_ specific small group of rich people that already know they want it and don't mind or even prefer the manual aspect of it. Knowing they're going to miss a lot of shots, but knowing the ones that _are_ good are going to be amazing. I know that if I had the money and hadn't switched to Sony, I'd buy this. I _love_ using vintage lenses actually designed for manual focus, and this is basically a modern vintage lens and literally meant to be a modern embodiment of the 58mm f/1.2 Noct.

[@ajbid805]

Jared Polin, you should have ended the video when you said "who is this lens for?, Rich People!" ...that would have been perfect.

[@georgekarline776]

Fro knows photo doesn’t mean necessarily Fro knows lenses....

[@AaronsLyfe]

Ok, when using manual focus + focus peaking. I map the AF ON button (found in f2 menu) to Magnify 200%. Solves all the issues of dialing in what you are focusing on. There are a few other buttons you can map Magnify as well.

[@tucompaivan]

Yup this is when you know how to use a camera.

[@AgnostosGnostos]

For years and years Nikon was blamed that couldn't create an f/1.2 lens like Canon had done with 50mm and 85mm lenses of 2006. Nikon had a very very old manual 50mm f/1.2 of 1978 though. Now that Nikon has created a 58mm f/0.95 everyone says that it is a pointless move. If you check an online depth of field calculator, the depth of field of a 58mm f/0.95 is much deeper than the depth of field of a very common 85mm f/1.4 lens. So the depth of field of a 58mm isn't so thin, unusable and pointless as many suggest. Of course the 58mm f/0.95 is a very expensive but Zeiss Ottus lenses and some Leica lenses are expensive and manual too. The 58mm f/0.95 is manual focus but it is designed for mirrorless cameras which make manual focus much easier with focus peaking and auto focus magnification. Only very lately with life-view a few models of dSLR cameras offer these two aids. Also the 58mm f/0.95 is heavy at 2000g but the classic Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 is 1500g and isn't considered a very heavy lens.

[@jpdj2715]

Depth of Field (DoF) calculators typically abstract away from the "Circle of Confusion" (CoC). DoF is a function of focal length, aperture and distance variables, but includes the CoC parameter. CoC ties resolution of camera & lens to presentation size and the viewer's distance to the presentation. Increase resolution of a lens and the DoF gets shallower. Increase camera resolution and it gets shallower again. Blow up and DoF gets shallower because of the decrease in CoC. Watch from a closer distance and the DoF gets shallower again. In Digital photography, one important piece of the puzzle has to be added into the CoC and that's the software you use in raw processing, its ability to recover detail, your sharpening setting. I have tried different apps as DoF calculator and changing parameters that should impact the CoC and from that the DoF, had no visible impact on the numbers. Big influence on the camera part of the CoC is if it has an anti-aliasing (AA) filter. This disperses a bit of the light traveling to photosite [x,y] to the neighbors thereof. That increases the CoC, reduces dynamic range and low light sensitivity, reduces color space, and provides a tool for total reflection over the sensor in strong backlight. But it makes "raw processing" easier - SOOC JPEG as well as in post raw processing in LrC or C1. As the AA filter adds to the tiny tunnel over each photosite, it also adds to vignetting and modern "for digital" lens designs solve this by projecting the image in a different way than was normal in the past. Regarding the latter, Nikon was handicapped with its age-old F lens mount. A larger diameter would enable a wider diameter lens back-end that projects the image to the sensor in a way that suffers less from filter grid vignetting and light losses. This is the back story of Leica's problems to go full frame and at the same time retain top quality backward compatibility with their excellent but very old lens design so appreciated by collectors. They only went full frame when they had developed a filter overlay (Bayer & AA) that behaves like a Fresnel condenser where the rings are replaced by lens staves at varying angles from the center point of the sensor to the corners - one per photosite. The angle pattern must be a compromise between different lens designs, though. It did not scale well to significantly higher than 24 MP, though, and so they must have aborted this concept for, say 60MP cameras. As an M Monochrom does not need a Bayer filter grid, it can also do away with the AA filter and then it doesn't need "raw processing". Can you imagine how cheap that camera should be when you take these complexities out? As to the 1.2L lenses by C.anon, I have to point to the f/number being worthless in indicating how much light comes through. DxO Mark tell us that these lenses have a T-stop of 1.5 when at f/1.2. Well, a Nikon 1.4 would have a T-stop of 1.5 too. And be sharper. The f/number represents the diameter or radius of the aperture (opening) in the diaphragm as a fraction of a lens's focal length. That focal length is only valid at infinity focus setting and the number in f/number is just geometry. In the past, "we" took these things into account when we shot 8"*10" or even medium format - in absence of through the lens metering we needed to know the exposure corrections from lens to lens and be able to apply an exposure compensation for "bellows extension" (focusing closer by than infinity). The 1.2L lenses are not very sharp and their attraction is their softness more than anything else. If you made the elements in these lenses of black glass, by the way, they would still be f/1.2. In short, as to DoF, if you really want to seriously compare between lenses, you have to take identical shots and figure out their individual CoC for the presentation size and viewing distance you want to use. Look at your shots on a 4K display at 12" (30cm) distance at 200% and your DoF may seem shallow. Print at 5"*7" and view that at 2' (60cm) distance (arm's length) and you don't understand why the DoF is so deep all of a sudden. If you know of a DoF calculator that does all this properly, let me know. I did not find one. After all, it should include all these aspects in order to be relevant and valid.

[@Scrotumslap]

FYI, that’s a security lock (Kensington lock) slot under the tripod collar knob. It’s not a screw to undo the collar.

[@jacobnathanielzpayag3885]

Wait so the collar can only be removed by literally disassembling the lens?

[@Scrotumslap]

Jacob Payag Apparently to remove the tripod collar you’d have to contact a Nikon authorized service center.

[@andrzejjaniak6849]

I switched back from Sony to Nikon because of the colors. Totally agree on this point. And yes, I shoot RAW, but getting the colors right in the camera makes the life much easier.

[@Twobarpsi]

Canon has better colors, IMO.

[@henrymediagroup]

When you found the most useful tip of photography at 14:20, I just can’t stop laughing and liking the video. Thanks Jared!

[@alexlewismedia4739]

Hell yes! I've done that so many times... I'm just looking at stuff... *pretends to change settings*

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

Always happy to know I'm not the only one who enjoys some vignetting.

[@CarlosPerezFilms]

Looks like a cinema lens, it’s priced like one and focuses like one.

[@kidthorazine]

That's what I was thinking, it seems like a cinema lens rehoused in a still lens body.

[@JonPais]

where are the gears? the T stops? the other five lenses in the set? it's a photography lens, no mistaking it for a cinema lens.

[@Biring1]

I thought so myself, but it doesn't measure in t stops, doesn't have specific enough focus distance markings nor does it have a marked aperture control ring either. It also has a z-mount no cinema camera has or will ever have. Who this lens is for is beyond me. Though its performance wide open is quite impressive.

[@CarlosPerezFilms]

@@Biring1 of course it's definitely not aimed at that at all. Just seems super nice for manual focusing with the 360 deg (or almost) focus. then the size, weight and price its up there for the mid-tier cinema glass.

[@robcavenphotography5231]

Grounds for a "Nikon to roll out a cine camera" rumour I reckon :)

[@Maddin1313]

Wow, this lens produces great Tony!

[@amiralimirhashemian6067]

Toneh?

[@patricksmith2553]

That "secret door" is for attaching a locking cable to the lens, either for when you're using the lens on a remote camera and or as an anti-theft deterrent for a store or display. All of the newly released professional Nikon lenses have this from the 70-200mm f2.8 VR "S" to all of the FL super-telephoto lenses, like my 400mm f2.8 FL. I have personally never used this feature, because I don't use my 400mm f2.8 FL for a remote lol, but some people do once in a while like at the super-bowl or the Olympics!

[@brianaddison2828]

Patrick Smith thanks for highlighting this. Neat.

[@Carl_Aznable]

I wish you would've shot some low light stuff too. Night, interior, astro, etc.

[@RussellTracyPhotography]

This is like the Nikon 800mm. Very few will actually own it because it has a very specific use case but when you use it for that very specific use case, its hard to beat. Lenses like this are similar to cinema lenses used to film hollywood movies. Arri and Angenieux primes can easily be $50,000 to purchase with zoom versions being closer to $100K. Very few people (ie production companies) own the huge, expensive, cinema lenses. If they need one, they get one from a rental house. Unless you have a very specific use case for the Noct, and you can make your money back with it, just rent it when you need it. As far as use case goes, I would say still life, commercial/product, and video. The long focus throw on this is very similar to cinema lenses, giving you the ability to very precisely dial in your focus. Also, with the super long focus throw and 1.6' minimum focus, I'd be interested to see what people can do with focus stacked images

[@Underp4ntz_Gaming_Channel]

Owning 4 0.95 lenses, 3 1.2 lenses and 1 0.75 lens. never regretted it to get them. you can do insane portraits/images with it. it's almost addicting to shoot with them. but seems like the Noct is also meant for cinematographers. because of the long focus throw and clickless aperture ring.

[@FrederickDunn]

Ummmm I used to think I could just grab anything Nikon makes and go... this is the first time I'm letting something go. That's just too steep for me... can't do it. I'm afraid it would be on the gear bench given all of the other current options. I wonder if there will be a Z-Macro lens coming out? THAT would get my attention these days :)

[@arryacc]

Quick question: Did you use your own discount offer on lensrentals to get the lens for cheap? Cause this is a pricey lens. 😂😂😂

[@lukazupie7220]

Aryak Chatterjee he uses Tonys bcs its 5% more:p

[@arryacc]

@@lukazupie7220 makes sense 😁

[@arryacc]

@SwitchRich shuuut up. 😤 jk. 😅

[@MrPhilbautista]

He thanked LensRental for letting him USE it, not for letting him RENT it.

[@Se4rchDestr0y]

@@MrPhilbautista Nope, he says he rented it @05:08. He's thanking them for the kickback he gets for his promo code.

[@haroldlauhoyan]

It's call focus throw, and without that long focus throw, how you gonna nail the focus with f0.95?

[@dallatorretdu]

yeah the speedmaster has 180 Degree throw and its fine

[@brianaddison2828]

Used one at a store. You really need that focus throw and it’s super useful. I’ve never used cinema lenses, but it was explained to me that this long throw is helpful for manual focus and I agree from using a few lenses with that mindset. Going back to 24-70 f/2.8 S lens using manual was not as tactile or precise (which it didn’t need to be on the Z7 with AF imo).

[@wparo]

You are right, we want more z mount f1.4s and f1.2s. This whole f1.8 business is okay... but doesn't really cut the mustard

[@billmcentire9923]

Getting ready to order this lens later this month, after I recover from selling my Kidney on the black market.

[@gordonyz4]

[I switched to Sony] Filming everything with Nikon Z6 [Sold all my Nikon lenses] 6 Nikon premium lens boxes on the shelf

[@kinzokuweeb]

He switched to Sony because of the lens selection and the autofocus is better than Nikon and they filming with Z6 because they love what Nikon give in video feature also that Nikon lens boxes are not his own lens. Jared buys that lenses for Steven and Dan to use it for video purpose.

[@Se4rchDestr0y]

@@kinzokuweeb Punctuation, please.

[@kinzokuweeb]

@@Se4rchDestr0y my bad 😅

[@Catapumblamblam]

All that rotation it's necessary because 0.95 is requiring a very insane precision. What is not necessary on a 0.95 lens, is the autocus! also 1.1 or 1.2, manual focus are perfect in ML age.

[@MiladJPanah]

The Background Tony in those images looks great.

[@stefannantz]

Take the lense for what it is, it is a showcase what can be done and as such I admire it. This lense is setting a new standard and as such it will make history.

[@derickmccormick8901]

Someone else may have pointed this out, but actually 50...errr...59mm isn't a bad focal length for astrophotography. You can get the whole constellation of Orion in 50mm and should be able to in 59mm. Large aperture means less time tracking and or less time holding the shutter open building up heat or having a higher ISO causing more noise.

[@quadplay2591]

Absolutely love your reviews but I can only watch one per day, you are so full on! Not in a bad way, but my head needs time to recover.

[@MrTiger0002]

Jared, coolest feature of Z6/Z7 is the zoom of the focal point. The camera will zoon up to 200% of the focal point. I programmed one of the function button (Fn2) to Zoom... and highest zoom (200%). Give it a shot! I also changed the focal point color to blue... blue is much easier to see when image is in focus.

[@eldindokara7868]

Genius. I did the same, but never use focus peaking.

[@jdkap201]

Actually that lens is a dream - for a cinematographer or anyone familiar with cinema lenses. A long focus throw, a declicked (in this case electric) aperture mechanism and a low f-stop. It does however lack some features of a real cine lens like a ring for a follow focus system to attach or the lens aperture measurement being t-stop. As a photography lens it is quite heavy and long. I actually don't care that it is manual focus only, I am fairly happy with my vintage Pentax 50mm f/1.7 lens which is manual focus only as well. Focus peaking makes manual focusing very easy.

[@AndrejsZavadskis]

what about Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH for $12,495 ????

[@CosminRusu154]

Legend says that Tony Northrup will make videos only on f0.95 from this day. And the Camera Camera Conspiracy will troll him. :)

[@CastFromTheHip]

Requirements for purchase: 1. Credit Check 2. Loan approval for 4.3% APR, 36 month term 3. Insurance policy activated upon purchase

[@ZadieBear]

4. a swift smack upside the head

[@kecilce]

+ Black belt in manual focusing and handholding

[@brianaddison2828]

Great review and shots! The best settings to aid in focus for me were setting Fn1 on camera, the back AF on button, or the movie button or the lens's Fn button to 100% or 200% zoom. Makes it way easier to quickly acquire manual focus.

[@beavertown2006]

Which lens bokeh is creamier, this lens or Canon's DS lenses?

[@dct124]

Nobody is buying this lens. Lens still sold out. Nikon can't keep it in stock. Has a lot of back orders. It's too long for landscapes and stargazers...for someone saying "if everyone goes right, try to go left" Many people shoot using 100mm for Landscapes. Cropping in (in-camera) to 1.5x gives you a super sharp portrait lens at .95 I'm very curios Jared, doubt that you'll even read this but while you had the 58mm Noct did you flip it around to shoot macro? I get that manual focusing is tough for you so maybe use a bellows for macro. All in all, and I mean no harm in saying this but between yourself and a good two handful of other KZbin photographers, you guys limit the hell out of your creativity with the gear/tools you use. There's a shit ton of things that were used 60yrs ago that you guys could still use today.

[@CanadianArchivist]

As always, you gave the lens a good review. Put things aside and showed different scenarios. Looks like a great lens, you said the colours are great. Even though I personally have the lowest end Nikon, I love the colours I get out of my camera. I can’t afford to buy that lens. If I did, and had a studio then I might. I’d like to see more video with this, more photos showing apertures down to f:/16. Sharpness is amazing when you get it just right. Because of the size of the lens, it looks like a significant jump in sharpness as each aperture is implemented so it is very sensitive that way. I always enjoy your reviews

[@AndyLSB]

21:00 that looks gorgeous ! the quality and sharpness is on POINT ! amazing work Jared !

[@Tokyo_Sword]

If it functions like a cinema lens, is priced like a cinema lens then it is a cinema lens. I think this lens is pretty out of water on this channel considering ( I think ) that this is a still photography centric channel. It definitely received unneeded hate from the stills community because this lens isn’t catered for them. It’s a video lens and with the awesome video of the Z6 it makes sense when you put those two together on a full video rig. If you look at the price and think “yikes” then it’s not for you.

[@samhartwig4640]

Great colors. I like to manual focus. Helps me appreciate how great autofocus is

[@mzeeshanch]

What picture profile do you use for the Z6 / Z7 to shoot pictures???

[@levismith772]

I’ve been waiting months for this review! Awesome job Jared (and Stephen)! Bokeh for days. Jared, do you have any thoughts on the Nikkor Z 24-70 2.8 S lens?

[@tommcmannfilms]

Levi Smith i use the Z 24-70 2.8 for the majority of anything I’m shooting and absolutely love it. It’s by far the best looking and functioning lens i own, in my opinion. Definitely expensive, but absolutely love it.

[@TheSullenDude]

"Who is this lens for?" Professional cinematographers. They DON'T need autofocus, they DO need exceptional image quality and they also DO have the money to burn. It gives them something that they have never had before. Also studio photographers for really high end editorials and stuff. Of course you wouldn't go shoot birds and action with this thing, what are you talking about?? To support my point, look at the canon 50mm 1.3 cinema lens. It costs 4k$ and also does not offer autofocus. Why? because it is aimed towards big studios that can afford that kind of glass and don't give a lot of fucks about autofocus. It's really obvious that Nikon is trying to get into the pro video and cinema game. And this lens is exactly that: an attempt to get some bigger guys pay attention to Nikon.

[@joachimschranzhofer5566]

Studio photography ok, but pro cinematography? I don't think so. It has a Z-Mount which no professional camera has or ever will have (unless you go full Kubrick and have a mechanic hatchet your 100k Arri...). No gears for focus pulling either and electronic aperture control...

[@maksrej5082]

21:33 we had to wait more than 2 years for this... but it's amazing!

[@lukavovkvizintin6785]

I am wondering. What if you use this lense with a metabones Speed Booster which lowers your iris by two stops...is that even possible?

[@flyingnematode]

This glass is such a beauty.... Wish can afford this... milvus trained me all these years :p

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

Rent it.

[@jamesryan1939]

As Nikon gets more serious about video, this is their first cinema type lens. This lens would be perfect for video.

[@onlypeople7379]

Agree

[@JonPais]

James Ryan may I ask in what way it would be perfect? how does it resemble a cinema lens? cinema lenses have gears, T stops, a PL mount or the ability to adapt to other cameras, and come in complete sets with a full range of focal lengths featuring identical front filter diameter. This is a one-off.

[@bookphile870]

@@JonPais As Much as i agree with your point, I would like you to think about the possibility for a second here. Yes, it doesn't have gears, or a TStop value, but if you are a filmmaker wanting to have Raw video and a Cinema-Grade lens without spending too much money on a rig like that, the Z6, Atomos Ninja V and this lens can give you a fairly comparable image to some dedicated cinema rigs. you can map the control ring to aperture to have a Iris ring, the L-Fn button can be mapped to Magnification. Frankly, i think after a while, with updates and tweaks to the workflow, This can be a pretty serious option for budget Filmmaking.

[@JonPais]

Book Phile actually, for thousands less, you can get a BMD Pocket cinema camera with 12-bit RAW that is superior in every way to Nikon’s, use a Veydra or Sigma or any lens at all. The Noct is a huge waste of money. For the same price, I can pick up a Cooke.

[@jamesryan1939]

@@JonPais The BlackMagic Pocket is not even in any way comparable to a z6. The Black Magic cameras are all specs and zero usability. The z6 is a hybrid, it can shoot raw video and raw images. Why is this lens great for video, because of the long throw manual focus. This is the only manual focus z lens. But really "BMD Pocket cinema camera with 12-bit RAW that is superior in every way to Nikon" I know for sure you have never used either camera. I own a z6 with raw, and purchased and returned the black magic. This is a great video to watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4HWYmaCg519mM0

[@nuggerboi8278]

can I still mount any 0.95 prime to my nikon d5500 as long as it has a nikon mount?

[@Mark10ProVideo]

People buying this lens do astro. That is what it was built for. Hence Noct(urnal). They built it to get light sources like stars to show up perfectly round even when shooting the lens wide open. Which apparently is very hard to engineer in a lens. I would have opted for the 1.4 and 1.2 lenses though as well.

[@TheRealHarrypm]

Astrophotographers: What the fuck are you doing? I wanna see the gods with this lens!

[@endurojareth5779]

Should do the wind tunnel test on this.

[@pratapkrishnan3950]

Jared Polin FroKnowsPhotooooo but clearly not much on astrophotography. It is not always go as wide as you can. With 58mm you get more compression which means you can get the stars to appear closer/bigger. For example those who enjoy shooting milky way shots, can get it looking bigger and denser. At 58mm, going by the 500 rule, you can do about 8 seconds of exposure before the stars start trailing. Usually this means bumping up the iso, but here is where F0.95 helps. Not saying the price tags is now totally justifiable but it is definitely great for astrophotography. In fact astrophotgraphy was the first thing I thought about when this lens was even announced.

[@lizards821]

Widefield nightscape astrophotographer here (whatever that means). This lens makes zero sense for star stuff. At 0.95 there is bound to be a good amount of astigmatism and coma, making for some very unattractive stars. I am just assuming here, but it would probably do best stopped to 1.4 or 2.8 like most other lenses for astro. That said, you can just scoop up a Sigma 50 1.4 ART which is a stellar performer at handling star distortion for less than a G. Add in a good star tracker like the iOptron Skyguider Pro, you are still looking at $6,500 less than the Noct for this outstanding astro setup. Oh yeah and now you would have a star tracker, which is one of the most crucial pieces of equipment for doing astro. This setup has much more capable than just a Z6 and the Noct lens for example.

[@pobutscrackerbox]

That focus workout can only help you build strength and tone; switch arms and do more reps.

[@bencushwa8902]

So do you understand now why it's manual focus? Not only would it make the already massive lens even bigger, but determining focus at f/0.95, especially up close, is kind of subjective. I shoot manual focus lenses pretty regularly, and like you I have less-than-stellar eyesight. I've personally found that I get the best results by skipping the viewfinder altogether and using the back screen, zooming in on my focus point. It's a bit sow and clunky for sure, but i makes it so much easier to nail focus, even at f/1.2 (which is the fastest lens I own) and I absolutely love the results I get by doing it.

[@jd2086]

I react exactly like you when trying to take photos in public places .. I'm really bad with that

[@user-ce2ye4pj6o]

why I don't have the focusing bar from macro to infinite on my z6 MF ?

[@caleidoo]

Why not use focus zoom when manual focusing to check whether it is okay?

[@beardedbokeh]

The bokeh at 0.95 is crazy, and is it going from circles to cat eye shapes?

[@ChicagoTurtle1]

Meanwhile there are famous wedding photographers that manually focus with their Leica.

[@silencecsc]

But when your vision is not good, autofocus helps. ALOT!!

[@anandhua.b4589]

i manually focus with most of my lenses

[@ManuelGuzmanPhotography]

Weird flex, but ok.

[@rubenmartin7759]

@@anandhua.b4589 I love manual focus old lenses now on the mirrorless tech is really good and useful if your not are not shooting at the skatepark. But for the price of this I buy the old Canon 50mm f0.95, all the Super Takumar collection and a few Russian old lenses😂😂😂😂!!! It's totally unacceptable this price, for today photographer salaries 🙈🙈🙈. Rf Canon glass is very expensive but this is way to much!

[@anandhua.b4589]

@@rubenmartin7759 I'd have to agree with that

[@romanpul]

Who's buying this? Probably the same type of people who spend ten grand on a noctilux

[@weizenobstmusli8232]

Professionals or rich geeks.

[@bencushwa8902]

Lots of people assume from the name that this is the successor to the original 58mm f/1.2 Noct lens. I disagree. This new f/0.95 lens is the successor to the 13mm f/5.6. Both are massive, both are massively expensive, both are largely impractical for every day shooting, but both allow you to make shots that no other lens is capable of. With both of these lenses, the success of the design isn't in sales figures, it's in the engineering that went into them that showed up in other lenses. And if the current crop of Z-mount lenses owes any of their outstanding performance to the new Noct, I'd say it's already a huge success.

[@myplasticgarden3720]

I think Jared missed one of the biggest reason to use the Noct. I remember back when shooting film. I went out and shot a model using 400 ISO film and the Leica Noctilus in the middle of the night using just a tall street lamp for a light source... HAND HELD! Yes the lens is heavy but I'll bet Jared could have hand held that camera in a very dark scene and kept all the color and contrast, sharpness, that no other lens could handle without boosting the ISO to something really grainy.

[@guillermogomez137]

Hi Jared! Thanks for this great video. I would like to know why do you think you're having better results when shooting videos with the Nikon Z6? What are the things you like the most in this camera?

[@stefan_becker]

You know that there is a much cheaper 50mm f0.95 lens by Mitakon for Sony full frame. Contrast and sharpness are definitively inferior, but it has a special look that also stands out.

[@l.e.miller1208]

It's on Nikon now too

[@JohnWilmot1179]

I use regularly adapted manual focus lenses on my Sony A7, but I don’t rely on focus peaking because it’s not reliable; much better the focus magnification.

[@eldindokara7868]

Brilliant answer. I do only use focus magnification for critical sharpness. Focus peaking does not know, or show, what you really want to be in focus

[@jdaiseyphoto]

Would be interesting to see a comparison between this lens, the Mitakon 50mm f0.95, and the Zenit 50mm f0.95.

[@silvercold88]

you missed the whole point of this lens, noct means night, this lens is made for and designed primarily for astro photography. This is why its super fast, heavy, has a tripod mount and is a manual focus lens. Yes it may be used like any other lens but note this is not meant to be a general purpose lens.

[@Ni5ei]

I have a manual Pentax 50 1.2 and even that is already difficult to use wide open. When you nail it, it's gorgeous but boy, you really need to take so many shots and like you say, even breathing can ruin a shot. I can only imagine how hard it is with an 0.95

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

2/3 of this video is waffling, irrelevant tangents, unfunny jokes, and ads. Unbearable.

[@thiagoperilo7913]

Man, it's awful. I came here just cause I wanted to see one review of the lens, but the guy does groce jokes about his hair, the intro man... hahah I had to stop watching when he tries to sell some lightroom presets (just pushing slides and saving them) for fucking 60 dollars. MAN.

[@user-dh5fp4gw1b]

When i hear his intro thing it just angers me

[@vincelam1998]

Bye Felicia(s)

[@l.e.miller1208]

I'm 6 minutes and 21 seconds in and there's no review yet.

[@tristanmacmahons9803]

​@@vincelam1998 It's a 58mm 0.95 manuel lens review that goes on for 25mins shooting flowers in what is clearly not a macro, but no portraits with a model, there's no studio shoot, or test charts, but time for sniff tests and $60 preset ads. Jesus pal, demand a little more for your time if nothing else.

[@nostalium]

24:38 "Light-year an hour... That's super fast!" Well, That's basically 8766 times the speed of light! So yeah.

[@captain_crunk]

An f1.4 lens travels into the future at 1 second per second. An f0.95 lens on the other hand, travels into the future at 1 second per second per second.

[@Rosyna]

It might spoil it, but it’d be measured in parsecs per second (with the comoving distance from earth the edge of the observable universe being about 14¼ gigaparsecs)

[@WilliamTrostelPhotography]

Some beautiful flowers to start my day 😊

[@grat2010]

So glad to see what you were able to get out of this lens since this video will be as close as I get to affording one. Gorgeous photos.

[@TaswcmT]

Price in Norway: $10,000. That includes our ridiculous 25% VAT. Before I looked it up (or heard it mentioned in this video) I just had a vague idea about this thing "probably costing at least $3,000". If this keeps up, my next camera is just going to be a shoe box with an itty bitty hole in it.

[@ftlbaby]

I use manual focus lenses almost exclusively. Mostly the Canon 45mm TSE and 55mm FD f1.2. What I found works for me is to leave the focus ring alone and use my body movement to focus, especially when shooting wide open. f1.2 is a far cry from f.95 but I think it's worth a try.

[@quentintarantino01]

8000 $ is cheap. The Leica 50mm 0.95 Noctilux cost about 11.000 €. But it´s a lot smaller.

[@passby8070]

By "no one going to buying it", they sold out and stopped taking preoders. There is a big market for all those expensive watches, there's plenty of demand for exotic lenses such as this. Would you buy this or a omega? I know what I would pick if I have those sort of money.

[@n0w3lly90]

Would have been better to have a rear focus mount, because, 82 mm filters cost an arm and a leg (good ones), but then if you buy this lens, you probably don't care about the cost of filters. Personally I would go to ebay or a good retailer and look for a mint original 58mm f/1.2 Noct for half the price of this, far lighter in weight, but absolutely gorgeous to use with incredible coma suppression right to the edges (which I have used, and subsequently lusted after!) If you can't afford a Noct (old or new), the 50mm f/1.2 AIS is still made and a beautiful lens too. Built like a tank and full of character. But, of course, as the original 58mm 1.2 Noct was and still is a lusted after lens, this new one had to be even better, so of course, Nikon went to break the hallowed f/1 barrier, which could have been predicted. This lens is going to be used by Astro photographers, product and studio portrait photographers, and is going to live on a tripod much of the time. Also when you really want the best possible background blur in a shot, especially as it has so many aperture blades compared to most that have 7-9 blades. But, manual focus is very important for a lens like this because cracking focus when it's going to be as thin as a razor blade out to a fair distance at f/0.95, you need a huge focus throw to get it tack sharp

[@evaeriksson9950]

I love manual focus lenses! And the long focusthrow is actually a good thing because it will help you focus more exact

[@DanTejedaFit]

A blind photographer...who is a complete BEAST with a camera!

[@JetBen555]

Tony is proud of you 👌

[@MaxRovensky]

Compare it with Zenit 50mm f/0.95 for Sony

[@eei6255]

Absolutely fabulous video as always thanks

[@Narmi804]

Noct 58mm f0.95 : * exist * Tony : * Breath Heavily *

[@nightcoder5k]

At f/0.95 it should be very difficult to nail focus. What you do is get a rough focus on the subject then lean your body backward or forward a little bit to finalize the focus.

[@montyhasanewphone]

Can this lens be used on an F mount camera?

[@Razor2048]

For the price, Nikon should have included auto focus, OIS, as well as a Nikon Z7 and some studio lighting equipment with the lens.

[@alexanderbarbu9856]

I've been using a f/1.8G with an d3400 for 2 years now... I am super used to it. If I wasnt broke I would definately buy this lens

[@bailey.nt86]

Randomly ran into this comment. I did the same with the D3200 and that lens. At least a year and a half. That's all I could afford. Then I got a d600 and the 50mm f1.4 and I was broke again 😂 I shot with that combo for another year or so at least. After shooting with those 2 lenses for so long, I really don't like using zoom lenses. Unless I have to like for a party/event or something. But all my personal shooting I really only use prime lenses.

[@XAndroidBoy]

Mr. Polin, can you please redirect me to the video you worked on mentioned on 21:00 ? I searched for it with no luck. thank you.

[@dct124]

Well Jared, it's one of the best lenses ever created. The lens got hated on b/c it wasn't affordable. It far exceeds any .95 Noct lens before it and you don't have to be some expert to figure that out. It takes the cleanest images of light in direct light I've ever seen.

[@libork8106]

You are right, but Nikon needs to worry about the future and this is the wrong approach at this time ...

[@paulf3353]

If I'd have a choice for Noctilux or Nikon, I'd take Noctilux hands down. It is much smaller, better OOF rendering, less price depreciation and more reliable. Purpose of this Nikon is a bit questionable tbh...

[@dct124]

@@libork8106 meh, Dude Nikon created a mount capable of mounting 99% of lenses from any manufacturer including F-mount glass. If you need a certain focal length from Nikon go get the proper adapter and lens combo. Your next comment will be well doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a Mirrorless camera, small, light, etc. Bro the adapters are the size of table coasters super thin. You're in your own way. Nikon freed everyone from proprietary lenses on the Z system. Sony has a shit ton of good glass, Tamron and Sigma have amazing new glass that's super cheap. For the time being go buy what you actually need then once the new lens becomes available, pre-order it early and put the other lens on sale. That comment I see a lot is pointless. That 58mm .95 Noct is literally every lens you want that isn't wider than 58mm. The Noct is distortion free, handles flares and direct light insanely well. If you purchased a Nikon Z7 which this lens imo is perfect for currently, you have the ability to turn this 1 58mm manual lens into a 500mm+ lens and shoot 20x30 images at 490mm once cropped in. Jared says he doesn't crop in after shooting, which is fine. Here's the cool thing about modern DSLR (D3 does it just fine) and Mirrorless cameras. Turn on LV on a Nikon DSLR or Focus Peaking on a Mirrorless. Zoom in to frame your shot especially with a high megapixel beast like the Z7 and you'll realize how to shoot this lens as more than just a point and shoot. Lenses have potentials that people don't even scratch due to lazy or depressive behaviors. The benefit from a pro body DSLR is the audio recording you can put on a shot. Ex. Crop image very tight on subject face include neck. The thing about shooting astro shots he spoke on, like hey shouldn't you be using a wider lens well doesn't that depend on your current elevation. Lmao like omg 😂 If you have 1 lens just walk around. The Noct will also hold its value for decades DECADES. The 60mm focal length and especially in this lens creates 4 lenses in one just from the base level of talking about it. Portrait, Astro, Macro, Landscape It's the highest quality optical lens ever created.

[@dct124]

@Chris dude if you think a lens is just for bokeh while that's your opinion you don't understand how to use the lens. If you put this lens at .95 and open it to infinity, do you understand how sharp your image will be? Also if you're shooting portraits with this lens, why would you want to shoot at .95 for shallow dof? If you want the best bokeh then you have to stop it down to 1.4 or 1.8. The secret to most lens apertures is that you have to stop it down at least once to get it's sharpest point. Ex. A 1.2 lens, stopped down to 1.4. or a 1.4 lens stopped down to 1.8 will give you the sharpest image and best bokeh character. Now newer lenses especially have nearly resolved this but it's still true. However with the Noct it's sharp all over at all apertures. .95 is for LIGHT control first. Bokeh is the last thing someone should be worried about in this lens or any lens. Bokeh is a selling point channels throw at people to buy faster glass. The reason you'd buy this lens is due to it's insane control over light. 5lbs isn't heavy. The crazy thing about this lens is it's not targeted toward general consumer's. It's targeted at the Leica users imo and landscapers, which is why the Z mount adapts Leica and every other brand to it. It's quadruple purpose lens. It's meant to go on a Z7 so if you don't have that why would it be a concern? Oh well I want this other lens. Like the other guy, simply buy an adapter for the lens you need not want the one you need to get paid from. If it's a 50mm F2 Summicron, or 90mm G Master Macro or Canon 24mm Tilt shift lens. Nikon gave you a mount that you're only using 20% of its potential on. Why buy a Z camera if you're not going to take advantage of it? These lenses with Nikon colors would be crazy. Like I said to the other guy, once the Z lens you want is available, just sell the equivalent. It's like you guys think some new lens that isn't even available is somehow going to transform your photography. It won't, that's a fact. Currently Nikon has covered all ranges for the Z glass on it's consumer cameras Z6, Z7, Z 50. These bodies are not pro bodies so keep that in mind. As for the current glass that's out simply put them up against the lens you think you want. Want more bokeh, get a longer lens, step back and shoot, that's how you work around not having what you want. The Z glass is just different from other lenses.

[@dct124]

@@paulf3353 How is it less price depreciation? That's not a fact and the Nikon Noct is superior to the Leica, Mitakon and Voitlander unless you're blind or something and the Leica is over $4k more. Seriously factually explain how the Leica lens is superior. Currently the Nikon 58mm Noct does things no lens regardless of price can do with light control. Size is the only valid compromise but if you don't shoot manual which most don't this lens was never for you. It's def not for me. But its sold out and still has a shit ton of back orders. So as for demand, its definitely a highly sought after lens.

[@allanmenard1651]

You got the parts of the flower right my friend. Good job.

[@nikonman3971]

WOW , I have to have one. Nikon will make a come back

[@Richie5480]

Have you ever tried contacts instead of glasses. I didn’t try them until I was 30 years old, have been using them ever since then.

[@froknowsphoto]

I hate contacts with a passion

[@rubenmartin7759]

Real world review of the Onemix 3s PLEASE, in paper smokes any laptop for photoshop use. But whe need to know the accuracy of screen colors, a photoshop stress test with several layers, battery life and charge time, usability for pc capture mode, WiFi speed to transfer photos to cloud, speakers works for a quick sound test... and of course the wind and sniff test!!! 😂 Love your content!!!

[@loihpatli]

Which lenses Steven uses for shooting video on z6?

[@EmefGriffin]

That audio during that new setup tease was BUDDA!!! 👌🏾

[@gummih]

Could you compare it to the Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 III Lens for Canon RF (for poor people) at $699 its like 2.5x Noct lens hoods

[@captain_crunk]

"light years an hour" - that's super fast.

[@cincyfan987]

Excellent review as always Fro. Loved the speech about street photography and not making eye contact. I can relate.

[@TheEditingShop]

That lens weighs as much as my dachshund.

[@techhead976]

TheEditingShop A dachshund weighing around 4.4lbs sounds unhealthy lol

[@TheEditingShop]

TechHead97 She’s a particularly small miniature.