[Leica] [MUGers] Nocti questions

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Howard, I seldom use my fast lenses wide open but I do value their good
behaviour regarding focus shift when stopped down a little as well as their
superb performance when I do my bit.
I'm contrarian I guess and not a good candidate for the older Noctis
especially. For perspective, if I could fund it/justify it and even find
one available I would ideally choose the new Summicron ASPH as the best of
all for me. Not slumming it with the Summilux though.

I can comment that I was loaned the current Nocti and an M for a weekend
while my camera and lens were away for repair. For me and my styles the
Nocti M ASPH results just look like those from the Summilux M ASPH. That is
to say, superb but with no noticeable rendering differences for me.

Handling that larger, heavier lens walking for street photography and for a
day in a studio was much less comfortable.  I like and use the Thumbs Up
too which really helps but that's not possible when you have anything else
in the hot shoe. I had aching hands by the end of probably four hours or so
with camera actually in hand each day. Of course if you  need or want that
0.95 then the decision is simple ;-)

http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/stvm
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/mvm


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 23 March 2014 07:56, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the links and the personal perspective, John.
> Light reading (no pun intended, but if I'd thought of that first, it would
> have been) ahead.
>
> --howard
>
> On Mar 22, 2014, at 5:01 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > I have both, if you are going to use f1.4 or smaller most of the time
> save money and weight with the Summilux asph. The Noctilux does render
> slightly differently but not enough so to pay the difference ;-)
> >
> >
> http://web.archive.org/web/20110719222012/http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lenses/page29/nx095_1.html
> >
> >
> http://web.archive.org/web/20110806015255/http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lenses/page150/page150.html
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> > Just out of idle curiosity, or maybe not, I'd like to know if it's
> possible to locate Erwin Puts' discussion of the 0.95 Nocti. I haven't been
> able to find it online (inactive links).
> >
> > Has the Nocti been formally compared to the new APO-Summicron in terms
> of general performance at the same apertures from f/2 on? Or is it better
> compared to the 50 'lux from f/1.4 up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -howard
> >
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