[Leica] the new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH ...a blog

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

My first 50mm lens for my M6TTL was a 50mm Nokton.  It was nice and 
sharp, but I was never entirely happy with the look of the photos.
I eventually changed it for a 50mm Summicron, which is much more 
satisfactory.

I think the new Noctilux looks like a wonderful lens, but it's purely 
aspirational - short of a major lottery or Premium bond win, I don't 
ever seeing one appearing in my outfit.  I'll just have to "make do" 
with a lens that's two stops slower...



Mark Pope,
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UK

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FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> strange you say that. I had a 50 f1.5 Nokton for a while but sold it 
> bgecause of the awful boke (as did another person I know) It was perhaps a 
> touch sharper than the pre-asph summilux in the corners, but not the 
> center. It was nowhere near the latest 50mm f1.4 asph. Not even close.
> Frank
> 
> --- On Thu, 28/5/09, Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] the new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH ...a blog
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Thursday, 28 May, 2009, 2:30 AM
>> I might be wrong but I think the
>> 50/1.1 has almost the same optical formula as the outgoing
>> Noctilux f1, and Abrahamsson reports it as being even better
>> (wide open, sharper with less vignetting).
>>
>> Personally have had very good experiences with the current
>> 50/1.5 Nokton ASPH if that's anything to go by; shot side by
>> side against the 50 lux asph, there's a bit of difference in
>> sharpness wide open, but by f2 it's pretty much even
>> stevens. The rendering actually reminds me of the older
>> pre-asph 50 lux I tried once.
>>
>> Anyway, I have a 50/1.1 reserved in the first batch - my
>> dealer tells me two weeks or so - I'll put it through its
>> paces and post my thoughts and samples here.
>>
>> Ming
>>
>> On May 28, 2009, at 9:14 AM, mehrdad wrote:
>>
>>> at 1.1k the nokton is quite interesting and now
>> everybody could come close
>>> to affording a fast lens. i will wait and see what the
>> test results and user
>>> opinions before i buy one, the last two cosina lenses
>> (28/2 and 35/1.4) have
>>> not been viewed so favorably
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists at 
>>> gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am looking forward to the Nokton, on a proper
>> Leica FULL Frame body, like
>>>> Mark likes to say :-)
>>>>
>>>> Scrolling lower on the blog - look at the size of
>> the S2 comparing to the
>>>> D3!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Steve Barbour
>> <kididdoc at cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>>>> http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
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>>>> // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com
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>> THEIN Onn Ming
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