User Manual
NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
Fast, manual-focus lens delivering superb point-image reproduction
and elaborate rendering with f/0.95 maximum aperture
New image expression enabled through the
rendering capability achieved with f/0.95
The new Noct realizes the utmost optical performance,
delivering outstanding resolution and bokeh characteristics
from the f/0.95 maximum aperture that only NIKKOR lenses
provide. In portrait and landscape shooting, even fine details
can be captured with superb rendering performance that
achieves extremely sharp resolution and high contrast. Also,
because of an optical design that pursues greater possibilities
for bokeh characteristics, an ideally smooth transition of
bokeh from the focused plane is attained.
Even for situations where the distance between the main
subject and the background is insucient, due to the
reproduction of both an extremely sharp focus plane enabled
by the shallow depth of field provided with the large aperture,
and elaborate bokeh, images that impressively emphasize the
subject with a greater sense of depth can be reproduced.
Superb point-image reproduction capability
that meets expectations for the name “Noct”
The Noct Nikkor name was derived from the word “Nocturne”.
Inheriting the basic concept of the original lens, this new Noct
provides the highest point-image reproduction capability
of point light sources among NIKKOR lenses across the
entire frame, even with the aperture set at the maximum
f/0.95. Shooting point light sources using a general fast lens
at the maximum aperture will usually produce noticeable
sagittal coma flare, an aberration where a point image
forms a conspicuous image resembling a bird spreading
its wings. With the Noct, causes of sagittal coma flare are
intensively eliminated across the entire frame. As a result,
point light sources are reproduced as point images even at
the peripheries, for clear and crisp night landscapes and
astronomical shots.
Ground aspherical lenses
Improved aberration correction with the
optimum high-refractive-index glass
In order to attain the very finest optical performance among
the NIKKOR lens lineup, the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
newly adopts a highly accurate, large-diameter ground
aspherical lens element. While achieving higher surface
accuracy, glass material with a high refractive index that
was previously considered dicult to employ for molded-
glass aspherical lenses is utilized to eectively compensate
various lens aberrations with improved corrective capability.
Also, the spherical lens elements incorporated in this lens are
made using glass of outstandingly high quality and surface
accuracy.
ARNEO Coat
Effective ghost/flare reduction for incident light
from a vertical direction
ARNEO Coat that provides anti-reflection performance
almost equivalent to that of Nano Crystal Coat for incident
light reaching the lens surface from a vertical direction is
adopted. This multi-layer lens coating system realizes ultra-
low reflectance stably over the entire visible light range due
to high-density, uniform coating layer thickness. Thanks to
Nikon’s original thin layer manufacturing technology with
an optimized algorithm, reflectance much closer to design
values can be achieved for every lens with consistent quality.
Together with Nano Crystal Coat that is specifically eective
for incident light from a diagonal direction, ARNEO Coat
ensures the capture of clear and crisp images with minimal
ghost and flare eects across a wide variety of backlit
situations that are normally troublesome to deal with.
Groundbreaking optical performance with f/0.95 maximum aperture
The Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 released in 1977 was at that time highly evaluated as a lens that finely reproduced
point light sources as point images. While further evolving the design concept of that original Noct Nikkor,
Nikon created a new Noct featuring f/0.95 maximum aperture that delivers new-dimensional rendering
performance, thanks to a new mount system providing a much larger amount of light and improved flexibility
in lens design. Besides the inherited superior point-image reproduction of point light sources, the new
Noct achieves outstanding resolving power from the maximum aperture by intensively compensating the
various aberrations that are usually noticeable with fast lenses. Also, utilizing an optical design in pursuit
of possibilities for bokeh eects, an optimum continuity of bokeh that gently transforms from the sharply
focused plane is realized. As the highest-grade, symbolic lens in the NIKKOR Z series that concentrates Nikon’s
renowned technologies, this lens provides an exquisite balance of resolution and bokeh, creating attractive,
unprecedented spatial expression while delivering an impressive sense of depth.
S-Line: NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
Uncompromising, unique and unprecedented optical performance
New optical technologies that realize the highest-class model among S-Line lenses
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