Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been very fortunate in that my Noctilux and my 0.72 couple perfectly. If the images coincide crisply, it's in focus on the film. Naturally the long well damped focus range slows you down and ANY subject/photographer motion automatically puts you out of the ball park. I usually set a working distance and then shift the camera back and forth to focus. In a fast moving photojournalistic situation all bets are off at f/1. I know what you mean about your daughters photographs. Every time I get to thinking it is too heavy and slow, I sit down and look at the chromes. When the conditions are right the Noctilux just sings. John Collier On Dec 26, 2003, at 5:17 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > I agree with you there, its close-up performance is poor to say the > least. > I'm using the 50 'lux-R hand held at anywhere between 4' and 19.5". At > those > distances I have to work very carefully, and even then It's usually one > serviceable shot out of 6-12 shots. Considering that I can take 1-3 > working > shots handheld with a 4x5, that's a very low ratio. The ratio with the > Noctilux is even more unpredictable, something that at one time > situations I > can't affordable, with maybe a shot or two per roll of film. That > aside, > when my last daughter was born, all but a couple of shots with the > Noctilux > were a keeper. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html