[Leica] Help with Nocti

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

One expects to see a portfolio in which the work revolves around 2 to 3 foot
macro shots.  Is there a URL?
The issue to me is not why one SELLS a Noctilux because it won't focus to .7
of a meter but why one BOUGHT one in the first place.
I should think the portfolio of a Noctilux user would revolve around a whole
lot of low light shooting.
Low light and close both?  Not that's a bit original!
I'm not sure how many low light shooters are also close in shooters. It
seems to me the ultra low light macro field remains wide open.
You are not using a  75 Summilux to shoot what? Where?
I don't see how a short tele replaces a normal focal lengh lens
Id have thought a normal would replace a normal.

A normal which can feel wide when it needs to or tele with some inspired
use. A 75mm lens is never going to feel wide. And I'd hate be the only lens
on my camera.. If my main lens was not a normal it would be a wide.

-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/


> From: John Collier <jbcollier at shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:45:50 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Help with Nocti
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I agree, it's perfectly ridiculous that 0.3 of a metre would make a
> difference. However, after a year of shooting, it did. I loved the results 
> but
> I always found myself having to back up from my intended framing. I started
> out with SLRs back in the day and my first M was an M2 with a 50 Summicron
> that focused to 0.7m. I never had any close focus issues so 0.7 m must have
> been my working zone with the SLR 50 mm as well. Even with 35s I seldom 
> "bump"
> into the 0.7 meter limit.
> 
> So, after a year of shooting, I did what I felt was best and changed the 
> lens
> rather than my shooting style. I next tried the 50 Summilux Asph, had 
> issues
> and finally ended up with a late non-asph Summilux which focuses to 0.7 m.
> When the new Noctilux came out, the first thing I checked was the close 
> focus
> limit and, dang, still 1 m. I now use a 75 Summilux -- thanks Henning for
> letting me try yours -- and am delighted as it focuses to 0.7 m and has an
> even narrower depth of field than the Noctilux.
> 
> John
> 
> On 2012-01-22, at 6:27 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> That John sold his Noctilux becuae it went to 1 meter instead of .7 of a
>> meter is a what I've been hearing on the lug now for a decade with a bit 
>> of
>> wonder. One could carry a Summicron in ones pocket for such critical close
>> situations could one not?
>> 11.8 inches is the difference.  But the real issue would be the difference
>> in size of minimum magnification. The smallest area you can shoot would be
>> and why this could not be settled with a tiny bit of cropping when 
>> printing
>> or Photoshopping the  digital image.
>> The 50mm collapsible and rigid Summicrons  in the 50's and 60's both 
>> focused
>> to one meter. Not the key issue I don't think.
>> Many people when they are in a 2 to 3 foot shooting space mind set reach 
>> for
>> their SLR DSLR with maybe a macro lens on it. Put one of those in the 
>> bottom
>> of your camera bag and you're covered when you need to get close and don't
>> want to crop.
> 
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