Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I have a different angle on this that maybe is worth a thought as well. I don't subscribe to the MUST use wide open school. Because you may have the Noctilux as your 50 and value what it can do for you but may not always need to shoot wide open? Because its performance increases (resolution, vignetting etc) when you stop it down and/or you may prefer to have more DoF for some subjects? But that last I think is more about how you prefer the 'look' of the out of focus areas and the transitions. For my two cents I have the Summilux 50 ASPH and I value its strengths. I checked and found just 4% of my shots with it over the last 3 years were shot at f/1.4 YSPAMV ;-) (Your Subjects, Preferences and Apertures May Vary) Mit freundlichen Gruessen Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 23 January 2012 11:50, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> wrote: > Who said anything about follow focus? Why buy a Noctilux and stop down?? > > john > >