Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Low light, Noctilux and Color film
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 10:28:59 +0200 (MEST)

Those are nice, Richard. I've usually just shrugged my shoulders at all of
the talk of the Noctilux ... but I have to admit, I like the way you can
bring the subject to the forefront and create a nice background with the
shallow depth of field. It works out really nicely in color.

Daniel


On Mon, 26 May 2003, Robert Rose wrote:

> Richard,
>
> There are some shots in color on my Noctilux page:
> http://www.usip.com/rjr/noctilux02/page_01.htm
>
> The fellow in the blue t-shirt was on shot on 100 speed slide film.
>
> The rest of the color ones were Fuji NHG 800.  As you can see, the NHG
> has less grain than the 400 speed B&W film.  I generally shot the 800 at
> 640.
>
> I thought I would give up the Summicron and use the Noctilux as my
> usual 50mm.  That has not worked out.  The Summicron-M is just so light
> and fast focusing, that it remains my primary 50 if there is going to be
> fast action.  The Noctilux turns more to focus, which is good for
> precision, but not so good for me when I need to switch focus quickly.
> I would, however, never want to part with the Noctilux, as it gives
> unique looking images.
>
> The Noctilux, for me, benefits from the 1.25x magnifier on my .72
> viewfinder.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Rose
>
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