Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really appreciate my Noctilux when I am shooting pictures indoors as I did of a family reunion with fine grain ISO 100 film. The Noctilux pictures were all taken at f1.0 with shutter speeds as slow as 1/8 of a second. The results were mostly in focus and good. The only problem I had at times was when I guessed the distance and slightly missed. Most of the time my guesses were close enough to have the subject in focus. Roland Smith Oakland, CA - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Should I buy a Noctilux? > Mark Rabiner writes: > > > How about how each of them stack up when filling > > the frame with a 4 ft. subject. In other words > > the same magnification!? > > You can shoot Tech Pan or some other fine-grained film with the Noctilux at f/1 > and then crop the result to match the focal length you want. You'll then get > shallower DOF than any other lens of any focal length. > > >