[Leica] Noctilux

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Some very effective dog love shots!
The big thing we had going for us ever since 35mm film and 36 on a roll is
the percentages. Stuff to choose from. Coverage. And I'm getting the
impression you're showing us a lovingly chosen edit. Bare bones. Where's the
beef? Right here. A good representation of a lot of work. Both behind the
camera and going over the shots afterwards.
I do love the first shot we see his nose on his paw if you just darken it a
half to full stop the paws will not be bleaching out which does not go with
their bokeh. I.e. Soft and light both... You nailed the tip of his nose
that's the main thing. May have even got his doggy eyelash. But the bleach
out of the extremities is working against the shot. Certainly it may have
been very bright where he was sitting. But you were able to not see things
not disappearing.


On 1/4/14 7:42 AM, "Matthew Hunt" <matthewhunt123 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Those Moral Monday photos by Ric were brilliant and an inspiration to keep
> trying.  I have an f/1 Noctilux that I practice and practice with for
> portraits / family on my M8 but still am not very good at at f/1, but it is
> good for outdoors / landscapes / Scottish sunrises.  I was very interested
> to read from someone here that the live sensor view helped exposure more
> than focus.  Some years ago my baby nephew tipped the camera and lens a
> short distance off a sofa onto a carpet, but to be honest I don't think the
> focus is any worse than before, and I read here of M8s surviving worse
> impacts.  When the rangefinder (via magnifier) is lined up on a person (or
> dog) about 2m away, the subject is not in focus, and I try jiggling it
> forwards and backwards a bit but rarely get it right.  (I have read about
> back focus)  I guess it would be very expensive to send them away for
> adjustment, and then would they not be right for landscape distances, or
> other lenses?  Here's an example from 2 Christmasses ago that I would like
> to do better at.  Does anyone have any advice please?
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Charlie/2012/L2059222.jpg.html
> 
> Best wishes, Matthew
> ======================================
> Matthew Hunt
> Cottenham, Cambridge, UK
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+matthewhunt123=btinternet.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthewhunt123=btinternet.com at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of tedgrant at shaw.ca
> Sent: 01 January 2014 05:49
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux
> 
> This NOCTILUX babblefest has been most interesting simply because when I
> read all the reasons, comparisons for buying and what appears a smashing
> lens, apertures etc it boggles my mind!
> Lets see?
> I bought my first LEICA because everytime I read about the seemingly 
> "greats
> of  photographic world! they used LEICA?"
> 
> ERGO? As time moved along and I found working with three M cameras and 
> three
> R cameras of whatever models and lenses, I replaced them with the new
> versions!
> 
> Along came the NOCTILUX! :-) WOWIEEEEEEEEEEE! HOT DAMN f 1.0! Gotta have
> that! WHY? Well hell if yer a LEICA SHOOTER you've got to have the best of
> the fastest best!
> 
> Now don't get all yer pants on fire quite simply nobody in their right mind
> all those years ago ever went through all the gobbely gook many of you guys
> do! Testing and all that time wasting time?  CRAP? WHY?
> 
> Well hell we just went out, shot the assignments we were being paid for and
> came home with drop dead LEICA QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHS! Dang so simple, logical
> and most effective!
> 
> TODAY????????????????????
> 
> Must have been my last look on the screen about 20 posts proving absolutely
> nothing whatsoever about the? READY?
> 
> THE QUALITY OF THE CONTENT????????????
> 
> ONCE AGAIN POINTING OUT HOW MANY ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIDILY BITS
> INSTEAD OF THE magnificent bits??????"   THE CONTENT OF THE IMAGE!
> 
> So big deal some of you get all piddly-assed whether 1.0 or .95 or what 
> ever
> the hell it is???? What 99.9% of you not making your living from 
> photography
> miss? ..... The folks paying yer bill do not give a flying hoop whether you
> use whatever lens you shoot with....... BUT THEY SURE AS HELL ARE CONCERNED
> WITH THE 'content of your images!" There's a message right there! Read it
> again!
> 
> Save yer breath folks and spend more time capturing beautiful images than
> all this babblyfest meaningless garbage about whatever Noctilux yer 
> babbling
> about!?
> 
> HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MANY MANY MORE YEARS! :-) :-)
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
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