Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/06

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Subject: [Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:42:41 +0200
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Hi Jeffery,

If I had perfect vision I'm sure I'll enjoy a lens like this one. I  
think you are right on your opinion about thislens, it is an excellent  
choice!

Show us more!, thank you un advance!

Cheers
Lluis


El 06/08/2009, a las 15:17, Jefffery Smith escribi?:

> I haven't used it at any critical apertures (like f/2.8 to f/4)  
> where it might slip out of focus. I'll try a focus test if the  
> weather permits today. I usually put the camera on a tripod and  
> focus on my electric meter on the house at different apertures. Luis  
> indicated that he had some problems with focus shift.
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 11:52 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
>
>> Jeffery:  The photos look great.  Have you noticed any focus shift  
>> stopping down?
>> --Peter
>>
>> Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>> I had the opportunity to take some photos with the M8 and 50/1.1  
>>> Nokton. This is one incredible lens for the price. If any of you  
>>> have lusted for a Noctilux but could not afford it, I can highly  
>>> recommend the Nokton. Here are some shots from it his weekend.  
>>> About 15 of my 1968 high school graduating class try to get  
>>> together each summer. We had an evening patio get-together this  
>>> weekend in San Diego. I shot _most _of these at f/1.1, and I  
>>> didn't tweak them other than using a green filter in Photoshop to  
>>> increase the contrast on a few males.
>>>
>>> http://www.400tx.com/files/Hilltop/1.html
>>>
>>> They didn't need sharpening. This is a very sharp lens wide open.
>>>
>>> Jeffery
>>>
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In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] WSJ photo)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton)
Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jefffery Smith) ([Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton)