I bought the Nikon Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 back in the late 1980s, I only regret I sold it later.

I own the Pentax 50 1:1,2 and shot nice night scenes such as after show parties without flash. Mostly on tmax films I developed myself. Huge!

I own the Nikkor Noct 58mm but I use it seldom. The photos are breathtaken and it has a very fine bokkeh for portraits.

I have the Nikkor 50 mm f/1.2.  I love it. however I'd love to at the very least, get to use the Noct for a few days.  Owning one would be a dream.

Magazines of the day put the Hexanon 57mm ƒ1.2 as one of the best of the super speeds.  I had a Nikon and another friend had a Canon on an F1.  When we did some side by sides, the Konica was a bit sharper at all apertures.  Perhaps a one-off in our small sampling but I grew to respect the Konica glass that he owned (especially the 85mm ƒ1.8).  I've read that the Hexanon suffered from some astigmatism and our simple resolution comparison didn't reflect on character, color rendition, etc and was a simple sharpness test using the Modern Photography lens testing kit.

I have a Minolta Roker, F1.2, a nice bright lens on my Minolta film camera. It is actually a Leica made lens. I took many nice pictures with that camera. It was quite good with an 800mm Mirror Lens too.

I got a 58mmf1.2 NOCT 😊😊😊

I recently sold my Nikkor 58mm Noct. but I still have the 50mm & 55mm f1.2 versions.
The Noct was great but doesn't stand up to modern Z lenses.

Ho avuto lo Zuiko Om 55m f:1,2 che usavo nei matrimoni insieme al 35mm f:2, quando usavo la pellicola 35mm.
Poi avevo venduto entrambi per il piccolo e versatile Zuiko OM 40mm f.2, che mi permetteva di usare solo una focale nel range dell'angolo normale.
Non serve un grande sfuocato nel reportage, secondo la mia esperienza, comunque il 55mm permetteva di avere sempre un mirino molto luminoso ed insieme alla ridotta profondità di campo, mi aiutava nella messa a fuoco manuale tipica del sistema Olympus Om: l'ingegnere Maitani amava la serie a telemetro della Leica e l'ha riproposta... in chiave reflex. 😉

Nel 2004 smisi con la pellicola 35mm ed investii nel sistema 4/3 con la reflex Olympus E-1.
Nel termpo ho compreso che un sensore meno ampio, regala maggiori vantaggi nel reportage.

Attualmente uso il micro 4/3 e di nuovo ho acquistto lo Zuiko Om 55mm f:1,2 perché, grazie al Metabones 0,64x, ottengo un reale 35mm f:0,8 !!
In pratica un medio tele extra luminoso e con sfuocato simile al full-frame.

Un mio collega usava Canon FD ed aveva i super luminosi 24mm, 50mm, 85mm e persino il 200mm, ben prima degli anni 2000.
Quando l'ho rivisto, aveva venduto tutto ed almeno qualche decennio fa, usava reflex digitali Canon con i super luminosi equivalenti della serie Eos, almeno fino alla focale medio tele.
Ogni fotografo ha le sue... lenti. 😉

Where is the Nikon 50mm f:1.2? And the Canon FL 55mm f:1.2,  FL 58mm f:1.2?  There are two Canon FD 55mm f:1.2 SSC, one is aspherical, one is not. I'd like to add the Canon FD50mm f:1.2L, but it was released in 1980. A very small lens.

J'ai un Canon FD 55mm f1,2 ssc préasphérique , il est radioactif au Thorium et est bel et bien asphérique, tout comme le FD 35mmf2 asphérique que j'ai aussi. Et j'ai aussi un New FD 50mm f1,2, nettement moins bon, qui lui n'est pas asphérique. .

I own these f 1.2 lens.  
Fast Lenses f1.2
Canon FL 55mm f1.2 Fluorite Lens elements 1968  (1.05822 lbs)   {$105: 2-2022}
Olympus OM-System G.Zuiko Auto-S 55mm f1.2 1974 SN 103050 Radioactive 3549 CPM Front, 2862 CPM Rear {$220: 4-2024}
Olympus OM-System G.Zuiko Auto-S 55mm f1.2 1974 SN 117492 Radioactive 3389 CPM {$315: 6-2022} Haze inside
Olympus OM-System G.Zuiko Auto-S 55mm f1.2 1974 SN 135479 NOT or (lightly, maybe Lanthanum?) Radioactive {$225: 1-2024}
Minolta MC Rokkor PG 58mm F1.2 Hawk Eye MF Lens MC II 1967-72 (SN 2555433) Radioactive 1246 CPM    {$300: 9-2022}

such a clever ai script, yet it forgot about minolta.... shame

Horrible LLM narration.

I have the 55 mm f/1.2 Nikkor. Very soft wide open so good for portraits (ie on MFT) and for reducing contrast. Sharp at f/4 and vry sharp at f5.6.

je ne vois pas d'intérêt d'une ouverture de 1,2 !!
je possède le 1,2x58 PG rokkor il est excellent à partir de F1,8, F2