Voigtlander Nokton 23mm f/1.2 Aspherical Lens for Fujifilm X, Black

I absolutely love everything about this lens. The build quality is superb, the focusing and aperture rings are satisfying to use, there’s a close focus of (I think) 18cm, and the photos I get from it are as sharp as I could ever need them to be. In short, I knew what I was getting into when I got it (the D.O.F is RAZOR thin, so the area in focus when wide open can be a little difficult to master) but it also gives me everything I was hoping for; a super fast prime that I can practice zone focusing on. I ALMOST got the older fuji 23mm f1.4 lens, but there was no way to zone focus with it, and the autofocus was reportedly slow and clunky. Paired with my xt4 body, it’s a really sweet walk around package that doesn’t stick out much (save for how aesthetically pleasing the whole set up is). After taking it out on a preliminary run, I don’t feel there are any cons to this lens. I have zero regrets.

This is a really great lens. It's fun to use and has fantastic rendering. The only con for me, and it's a big one, is that the focusing scale is nowhere near accurate. However, it’s still fun to use. Just keep in mind it's not reliable at all for zone focusing.

This lens has huge shoes to fill for folks that want the x100v focal range, but want the manual focus experience akin to old film cameras. I'm using the Voigtlander 23mm 1.4 lens on a Fujifilm X-Pro 3 to try to replica shooting a Leica/another rangefinder.The build quality of this lens as absolutely top notch. It is all metal, extremely smooth and it has a nice click when changing aperture. I wish the focusing had a click or a bigger focus range, but it's generally a pleasant experience when acquiring focus. It's also worth noting that lens is not weather sealed, soThe problem lies in the depth of field scale -- it's completely unusable for two reasons. The first reason is that the focus scale is totally wrong. Several forums have called out that perhaps the focus scale on the ring is actually that of a 23mm full frame lens, as opposed to that for a 23mm aspc lens.How this shows up is when you focus at F8, the focus scale on the ring (very generously) suggests that anything between 1.75ft - infinity will be in focus, and this is simply not true. Voigtlander recommends using the Depth of Field scale set to Film format basis, which has a very inaccurate scale. If you set it to Pixel Basis, this is a lot more accurate but also doesn't line up to the focus ring on the lens.The second problem is that the lens focuses past infinity. I've had many shots where on a sunny day, shooting at F8 with the lens focus ring ending on infinity doesn't actually capture infinity. Since you are able to move the focus ring way past infinity, quickly focusing on something at a distance is really difficult without using your camera's focus peaking. This completely defeats the purpose of a manual focus lens.I've added some photos explaining this:1. The first picture was shot at F8, using the depth of field scale that the lens suggests (in picture two). Notice how the sign in the distance is very unreadable.2. Using the pixel-basis focusing mode and using my X-Pro 3's focus peaking, the sign (picture 3) is in focus but the lens depth of field scale is not reflective of this (picture 4).I think if the lens had an accurate depth of field scale, this would be an absolute bargain. The lens rendering is really really cool. Despite the lens having obvious field curvature, I believe the colors, contrast and softness of this lens is absolutely incredible. I just really really really wish I could've relied on the depth of field scale as it would've allowed me to prepare ahead of time when shooting street, etc.If, like me, you are over your return window but still want to make it work with this lens -- I'd reach out to Voigtlander/Cosina and raise concerns around this. There are many cheaper manufacturers that offer accurate, manual focus lenses for fractions of the cost at the expense of no electronic contacts.If, like me, you are stuck with this lens and you really want to try to make it work before you consider selling it, I'd suggest somehow making your own focus scale and attaching it to the lens. Whether it's tape with custom markings, or something else. Just make sure you quickly evaluate this lens to see if it works for you.