Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien wrote: > *The Noctilux had give me great joy but also some great disappointment,= > that I never had with the other lenses but the former summilux 35/1,4 f= or > different reasons. Dennis wrote: <I am curious about you dissapointment with the Noct, care to elaborate? Great joy : Photography in available light inside house, factory, theate= r etc.. I remember specially the visit of a sugar factory, made with a M5 and the= Noctilux (made in 1977). The result is still one of big surprise and best souvenir I had after opening a Labo envelope. Great disappointment: Photography outside in daylight, diaphragm closed between f1 & f4 = with a 25 or 100 ASA films. With Noctilux : unwanted reflections, unpleasant images. (maybe the prese= nt model is better) With Summilux 35 (1964/96) (f1,4 & f2) : great softness, like using a sof= t filter, not always unpleasant. (The results vary from one to another, I'v= e tried 5 or 6 Summilux 35 in 17 years) The Summilux ASPH is much better wide open. Lucien Belgium