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<blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 211123" data-attributes="member: 13076">From Haruo Sato of Nikon:&quot;.....the lens' sharpness is overwhelmingly superior to that of the Noct Nikkor&quot;&quot;We developed the AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G inheriting the basic design&nbsp; concept of the Noct Nikkor, but our aim was not to produce a &quot;modern&nbsp; version of Noct Nikkor&quot;.&quot;[h=3]&quot;Why was the maximum aperture of f/1.4 selected?[/h] The main reason is to retain brightness with&nbsp; minimized peripheral light falloff. While featuring a 58 mm focal length&nbsp; as a homage to the Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 lens, we selected the f/1.4&nbsp; maximum aperture for this reason.Generally, large-aperture lenses&nbsp; are likely to suffer from peripheral light falloff. However, the AF-S&nbsp; NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G retains brightness with minimized light falloff even&nbsp; with the focus distance set to infinity at the maximum aperture. Less&nbsp; peripheral light decreases the advantage of faithful reproduction&nbsp; capability of point light sources across the entire frame at the maximum&nbsp; aperture. Considering this point, we determined the f/1.4 maximum&nbsp; aperture to be optimum.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="crycocyon, post: 211123, member: 13076"] From Haruo Sato of Nikon: ".....the lens' sharpness is overwhelmingly superior to that of the Noct Nikkor" "We developed the AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G inheriting the basic design concept of the Noct Nikkor, but our aim was not to produce a "modern version of Noct Nikkor"." [h=3]"Why was the maximum aperture of f/1.4 selected?[/h] The main reason is to retain brightness with minimized peripheral light falloff. While featuring a 58 mm focal length as a homage to the Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 lens, we selected the f/1.4 maximum aperture for this reason. Generally, large-aperture lenses are likely to suffer from peripheral light falloff. However, the AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G retains brightness with minimized light falloff even with the focus distance set to infinity at the maximum aperture. Less peripheral light decreases the advantage of faithful reproduction capability of point light sources across the entire frame at the maximum aperture. Considering this point, we determined the f/1.4 maximum aperture to be optimum." [/QUOTE]

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