KLaban

Are you sure? There'll be a queue waiting for that 58.

Posing pouches for the gearhead.

There really is no point in discussing this any further when virtually everything I and some other contributors post gets deleted by the Mods.

Heavy, Every one of my posts here has a link to my website with real name and contact details.

Really, Mr Giggles? Would you prefer that contributors with a lifetime of experience remain silent? Or perhaps you'd just prefer to listen to the many anonymous voices spouting popularist hyperbole?

Allium. Z7, 58mm f/1.4 G, FTZ, ISO 64, f/1.4, 1/2500s.

Sheesh, what does that have to do with anything. As much as I admire various lenses I'm under no illusion that they are going to transform my work or move it to a higher level .

Anyone expecting or hoping that a lens will transform their work or move it to a higher level is in for a very rude awakening.

I own and use the 50mm f/1.8 S, the 40mm f/2 and the F Mount 58mm f/1.4 G on my Z7 bodies. They're all very different. The 40 is bolted to one of my bodies when size, weight, stealth and character ...

Both my Z7 bodies have wrist straps attached - I loath shoulder straps. The net result is both my grips are peeling as the grips are always in hand and therefore far more likely to suffer damage. W ...

Hopefully everybody is too focussed on using their Z lenses to care.

A little more about the 40mm f/2 lens and in particular in comparison to the 35 and 50 S f/1.8 lenses which I also own and use extensively. The 50 S lens is optically superb, the 35 S doesn't quite ...

Two more from this delightful little lens.

Or better still, beg, borrow, rent or steal the lens, you know, actually use the lens before buying.

And then there are those who hide behind the masks of fictional characters, who post with anonymity, who can quote from the specification sheets on the optical design of every lens known to man ...

Despite having the option of optical perfection with a handful of my other Z lenses the little 40mm f/2 lens is very different and is exactly what I was hoping for. It's compact, lightweight and ...

^ This. Sadly, I believe some of the images in the OPs post demonstrate this perfectly.

^ This. Agreed, focus with the 58 on my Z7 is very reliable and I believe superior to the same lens used on F mount DSLRs. If sharpness is of optimum importance then I've no doubt the 50 f/1.2 ...

If Nikon introduced a lens with the qualities, size and weight of the 58 1.4 in Z mount I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

The 40mm is exactly the lens I was hoping it would be. I've got a plethora of Z lenses that deliver optical perfection in abundance, but this little gem is something quite different, a lens with ...