Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/26
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Ted,
thanks very much for your encouragement. I am delighted with the lens.
I think it will remain pretty much glued to my black M8 which doesn't
have a slightly misaligned rangefinder, unlike my silver one. Must send
it in to get it fixed sometime...
In the end, I found it was surprisingly easy to get on with the Nokton.
There was so much to see and photograph that I soon forgot about how
'hard' this lens is to use and just got on with things, taking on board
hints from the forum on how to get the best from it.
I think it's a bit like the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy's entry on
learning to fly:
"There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies
in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. [...] Clearly,
it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties."
:-)
All the best
Mark
TED GRANT wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
> Well done and illustrating how to make a super fast lens work in
> separating subjects from background. And getting rid of bkgrds.
>>> The out of focus rendering of this lens may not be to everybody's
>>> taste, but then the same can be said for
>> the Noctilux.<<<<<<
>
> Don't sweat the others and their dislike of the back ground rendering,
> that's their problem! As long as you know it works for you that's all that
> matters! It's your work, your eye and your results! You like it? Then
> stay the course!
> These photographs illustrate you are on the right track quickly in
> handling the shallow focus effects and being right on the mark for the
> sharp focus point.
> Make it into a work horse lens and you will come away with many different
> looking images under some rather difficult light and shallow depth of
> focus situations. This submission looks like you are well on the way.
> Good on you for a first go around!
> cheers,
> ted
>
>
>
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