Re: [Leica] My Noct has finally returned!

["Mark Pope" <mark.teampope@ntlworld.com>]

Dear Oliver

I have the 25mm Voigtlander lens and had a 50mm f1.5 nokton until recently.
Both lenses are very good indeed.  In fact the 25mm is excellent value for
money.
  I have enlarged images from the 25mm up to 12 x 9 inches, which is
full-frame.  The quality is excellent  across the entire frame and I would
expect it go further if required.

I have used a small amount of colour film with this lens and again, the
colour saturation is very good indeed.  I don't think you will be
disappointed.

Sharpness is affected by the choice of film, as is grain - a faster film
will be grainier than a slower one. So for best results stick to slower
films, especially if you want to do big enlargements.


Hope that helps.


Regards



Mark Pope
Swindon, Wilts
UK

http://www.monomagic.co.uk
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF]" <onguyen@pica.army.mil>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Cc: <mzeissle@gcipoa.gannett.com>
Sent: 15 August 2001 14:52
Subject: RE: [Leica] My Noct has finally returned!


> I read your post on Leica User group and I see that you have experience
with
> Voigtlander lens such as 50mm f1.5 and cosina 25mm f4.0.  Do you have any
> advice on those lens for me?  I really want to buy wide angle lens but
leica
> lens are so out of my budget.  how is the resolution of the picture and
> color saturation compare to leica lens?  I normally do print at 8x10 size
> but i also go higher like 11x14 and 16x20.  do you have experience with
> those size of print with Voigtlander lens at all specially 25mm and 50mm
> lens.  I have nikon camera FM2n and yes, i don't like it lens at all.  at
> normal size, 4x6, 5x7 print, it look as normal as leica lens interm of
> resolution and grain but then when i start to go at 8x10 , 11x14 and
16x20,
> it starts show a lot of grain as the size goes up meanwhile the leica
isn't
> show that much of grain in 16x20.
>
> if you have any info or your own experience please refer me
> thank you very much for your time
> Olivier
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeissler, Mitch [mailto:mzeissle@gcipoa.gannett.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 4:47 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] My Noct has finally returned!
>
>
> All...
>
> Happy, happy, joy, joy!  Just got the Noct back last evening from Leica
> and it is in like-new condition!  The stiff focusing issue was fixed and
> the optics have been cleaned.  I'm planning on taking some snaps with it
> today.  For those who might wonder why I would send off the Noct for
> servicing: the focusing was so stiff that I was concerned I would
> eventually damage the lens mount on my M3, as the only way to focus it
> was to use the camera body as a lever.  Focusing by twisting the lens
> itself was almost impossible.
>
> With the culmination of an upcoming M6 purchase, I will now have
> re-vamped my entire Leica kit.  In the past 24 months I have added the
> Noct, Cosina 25mm f/4.0, Voigtländer 35mm f/1.9, Voigtländer 50mm f/1.5,
> and the Elmarit 135mm f/2.8.  I have gone from the old, slow, mostly
> uncoated optics that my father-in-law gave me, to modern, fast,
> multicoated optics.  The Leica glow was evident in the earlier lenses I
> just finished selling on eBay, but so was a lot of flare and other
> imaging characteristics I did not care for.  Speed is another issue; I
> hate using a tripod for marginal conditions and the faster lenses will
> help in that arena.  However, from this point forward, if I am able to
> get one additional lens per year, I'll consider myself lucky.
>
> Good light!
>
> /Mitch Zeissler
>