Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whew! Finally got caught up on my LUG reading. Got behind a month ago. Couldn't seem to get caught up and didn't want to skip anything. This whole Noct thread made my head spin a bit, though. It sort of reminded me of my golf game. I'd been worried so much about so many different things that I never could score decently. I finally stopped thinking and just played. Suddenly everything fell into place. It was fun again. I shot some great scores, too. I fall into the same trap photographically. I think (worry) too much about things that are inconsequential. OK, so maybe focus is important, but my Noct seems to work OK. I even took some of the better photos I've taken with it recently. No pics to post, unfortunately. They're chem. prints. Also, for those into bw film photography I'll put in a good word for Adox CHS. It's a very interesting film. It doesn't look particularly sharp (OTOH maybe it's the Noct :-) ). But the tonality is really nice. (And honestly it's plenty sharp, although if you're looking for lith-like acutance you may be dissappointed). It's marketed as an old style film with high silver content, and it does give a sort of retro look. I don't think I've seen all it can do. I'm still playing with developers. My favorite thing about it is how skies look. I like a darker sky but I normally prefer to us light green filters rather than darker red. Don't know how it scans. Haven't tried that yet. And speaking of focus issues I did have a scare. My first prints were really OOF. Then I realized that I hadn't aligned my enlarger. I have to set it up and take it down now with each printing session. I used my Zig alignment tool. That certainly made all the difference. So maybe details are important. One thing I will say is that the Noct is not an easy lens to use. But that's what makes it fun to use! DaveR