Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice shot, Richard. Next, how about a pancake? :-) But seriously... Have you checked the 50/1.1 Nokton for focus shift on your M8. Very easy to do, just a couple of minutes on a tripod. Focus on a ruler, yardstick or focus target at 45 degrees and about 2 meters away. Take a shot at f/1.1, then without refocusing, do a series of all the click stops down to f/8 or f/11. I'm very interested in this lens, but I'm not seeing any information about focus shift a the digital Ms. I know Tom A loves it, but he shoots film, which "forgives" focus shift significantly. I would be less interested in a lens that I can only use confidently wide open and at f/8. --Peter > Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > http://rfman.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/a-tribute-to-oolong/ > > Shot merely with F1.1, 25% of a stop more than the 0.95 Nocti! Oh well. > > OTOH, the Nokton balances REALLY well (the Nocti always felt a bit > front heavy), the focus throw is decent, and the images from F1.1 > looks much the same as other apertures (i.e. no dramatic light falloff > or swirls...). If it does not kill Nocti sales, it probably does put > the damper on converted 0.95 Canon TV lens sales and the like.