Who is the Voigtländer - Nokton 40mm f/1.2 SE for?
Entry-tier camera lense. Below 58 on the Mars Score means several weighted specs trail the category leaders by a wide margin.
Only consider if there's a specific reason — price, brand loyalty, ecosystem fit. The best camera lenses page will show what your money buys at a higher tier.
Mars Score is computed from 8 measured specs against the transparent formula for the camera lenses category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Weather sealed — not supported.
- ▼Max focal: 40 mm (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Min focal
- 40mm
- Max focal
- 40mm
- Weight
- 414g
- Lens mount
- Sony E
All specifications
Optics
- Min focal
- 40 mm
- Max focal
- 40 mm
- Max aperture
- f/1.2
- Min aperture
- f/16
Build
- Weight
- 414 g
- Weather sealed?
- false
Mount
- Lens mount
- Sony E
Latest from the lab
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