Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I stand corrected. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > > At 9:35 AM -0500 1/29/09, Don Dory wrote: >> >>> Stephen, >>> No worries as all of your lenses will work fine excepting the Noct. From >>> what I have read and from luggers out there, it is almost impossible to >>> get >>> the Noct to focus properly wide open even after adjusting the Noct to a >>> specific M8 rangefinder. My personal belief is that the relatively large >>> spherical aberation of the Noct means that there is only one point of >>> sharp >>> focus wide open so that unless you hit that point with your focusing >>> patch >>> the image doesn't work. This is not such bad news as you can achieve >>> most >>> of the look by using a Canon LTM 50 F1.4 which will largely give that >>> lovely >>> sharp unsharp look at 1.4. However, nothing works like the Noct to kill >>> flare so if you do a lot of theater work probably your best choice is >>> first >>> the 50 ASPH followed by the Konica 60 1.2. >>> >>> >> >> Don't listen to this. The Noct works fine on both my cameras; probably >> better than it did on any film bodies that I have/had due to the smaller >> sensor cutting the corners. I did send one body and the lens to get >> adjusted >> in Solms last summer, but even before that it was quite workable. Now it's >> dead on and easy. The 50 ASPH is an outstanding lens, but it's not f/1 and >> the look is completely different. >> > > > likewise here... at f1 or out in AZ sunlight...works, > > Steve > > > > >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com