ArtraLab Similar Steel Rim 35mm F1.4

My first impressions of this lens were less than great. Perhaps expectations were a little too high after the Nocty-Nonikkor delivering everything I have come to expect from ArtraLab — smooth tactile focus, impeccable user experience, fit and finish indicative of a far more expensive lens and most of all the signature Noct look promised. Usually I refrain from such immediate impressions but it carried with me into the first shoot “If the focus tab is this slippery, how do I focus?” With no knurling on the focus tab and the usual tactile ArtraLab helicoid replaced for a cam coupled experience, I wonder if a move to Leica M was for the right reasons.