Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't own the Noctilux, but I do own the 75/1.4, and I find when I use that lens wide open, that the out-of-focus areas are SO out of focus, that the wide globs of colours and blurs detract from whatever it is that I am actually photographing. The first few times it is like, wow, this is cool! But after awhile, it starts getting boring, for me anyways. It reminds me a bit of when circular fish-eye lenses were all the rage when I first started getting interested in photography, back in the '60s. They always looked cool, and I always wished that I could afford to buy one. But there are only so many times I want to get that effect (reminds me of the Voigtander/Cosina 12mm that I have collecting dust in my camera bag). My take on the Noctilux is that I would use it in really dark places, where no other lens would get the job done. I wouldn't buy that lens for the bokeh. By the way, for me bokeh depends a lot on the circumstances of the photograph. I don't normally consider my Minolta 100/2.8 macro to have nice bokeh, but depending on the aperture I'm using, and the distance of the main subject, and the distance between the subject and the background objects (and what the background consists of), the bokeh can look quite beautiful. Other times, it can look harsh. On the other hand, nothing beats the bokeh of my 75 summilux when shooting portraits at f2.8. MHO. -dan c. At 02:58 PM 27-06-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >As you know - I hope Rei - I admire your photography; I just intensely >dislike the effects that lens produces in daylight. >