Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think that the first picture is taken by the noktor nor it is a mirror shot. It's just taken by a Canon DSLR. I was pretty impressed when I looked at it. Then O found out that is taken by someone else with another camera. Anthony On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > If you want to see more picture taken by the lens, there is a set on > Flickr: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/theleggett/sets/72157623527995554/ > > > > What do you think about it? > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> > wrote: > > > >> > The first picture of the guy shooting the camera in the mirror after he > turned the lights off in the room makes me think that in the naming it > Noktor F0.95 they were doing so to indicate it was designed for low light > night photography like the Noctilux was. Its not just a real fast lens. Its > a special purpose lens. If that's the case. > > Most people shooting the smaller digital formats nowadays do so at > surprisingly low ISO's, 100 even and rely on the vibration reduction in the > lens or camera to make this possible and its very possible. > How a high speed lens competes against this might be interesting. > Perhaps there is VR in some of the body's this lens goes on I would think > that would be the case. > Are there aspherics in it? Seems like a bit of a monster! > But f 0.95 AND BE THERE combined with anti vibration that's going to shoot > a black cat at midnight on the dark side of Pluto. Giving the low light > stuff people are getting now with a D3s a run for their money. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >