Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's the best Leica lens ever made. I wouldn't use it simply for the speed. In fact, I often shoot it at f2 or f2.8. I am drawn to its look rather than the speed and I am willing to carry the extra weight for that. On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > The 75/1.4 is actually the hardest M lens to focus; it has less depth > of field than the Noctilux and the focus requirements are more > critical. This makes accurate focus hard. The 1.25 or 1.4 magnifiers > are useful but do decrease rangefinder brightness and contrast. The > 75 Summilux has quite a lot of focus shift. If properly adjusted, the > focus point will be very slightly in front of the rangefinder point of > focus, but as you stop down depth of field increases and contains the > point of optimum focus. If you get it adjusted so that it focuses > perfectly at f1.4 depth of field does not catch up with the focus > shift until f 5.6. I have never seen a 75 Summilux that was built > during the film era that did not need adjusting to focus properly on > digital M cameras. > > > You have to be willing to practice, practice, practice and delete a lot > of > > mistakes. > > Practice does really help, and you'll probably still end up with an > infuriating number of out of focus images, but I agree that when you > get it right it gives really beautiful results. > > > But when you get it right, it is second only to the Noctilux for > > absolutely beautiful low-light photos with wonderful bokeh. > > I think the out of focus rendition from the Summilux is both more > predictable and better than both the f1 and f0.95 Noctis, but this is > personal opinion only. In really low light f1 or f0.95 is simply > better than f1.4, and although the focus difficulties of both > increase, I find the Nocti easier to use than the 75 Summilux in > really dim light. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/sakura.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/fionn1.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/eggs+web.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/ > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >