M10 Monochrome
Shot on 28mm Nokton at F2
Voigtländer Nokton 28mm F1.5 (M-mount “Vintage Line” version):
- Focal length: 28 mm
- Maximum aperture: F1.5
- Minimum aperture: F16
- Optical construction: 10 elements in 8 groups, including double-sided aspherical elements
- Angle of view: about 74.5° on full frame
- Aperture blades: 12 (rounded, for smoother bokeh)
- Minimum focus distance: 0.5 m (rangefinder-coupled to 0.7 m; closer via live view/EVF)
- Filter thread: 43 mm
- Dimensions (diameter × length): approx. 54.0 × 45.5 mm
- Weight: about 250 g (Type I) and 330 g (Type II)
- Mount: Leica M (VM mount), full-frame coverage
- Optional hood: LH-6 screw-on hood
For a working photographer or designer, this lens is a very compelling fast 28: optically modern with high sharpness already wide open, relatively low distortion, and controlled vignetting once you stop down a bit, while still having a characterful rendering rather than a clinical look. The 12‑blade diaphragm and double asphericals give you smooth bokeh for a 28 and good contrast, but you do see strong corner darkening and some chromatic aberration at F1.5, which many people actually like for environmental portraits and night city work. Physically it’s compact, dense, and very solid, with a short focus throw and 0.5 m close‑focus that makes it much more flexible on live‑view bodies than classic M‑glass limited to 0.7 m. In practice it feels like a more affordable, smaller alternative to a 28 Summilux: not quite as perfectly corrected in the extremes, but close enough in center performance that, on a digital M or mirrorless, it’s an excellent everyday 28 for street, reportage, and environmental work if you enjoy a fast, manual‑focus wide with some personality.
