Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Like why don't you read what I wrote? I used it on an M7. On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'm glad that the Noctilux thanks to convoluted Live View technology is all > of a sudden a viable piece of gear. As I think of it I recal was Teds main > lens for I don't know how long I shot with it extensively, It was Jim > Marshalls main lens for years to decades along with slews of other known > and > unknown photographers since 1932... Little did we know we were using non > viable gear. > We've all be real happy with the Leica M rangefinder which is the core > element in Leica M shooting since the Leica II (Model D) with that same > rangefinder on every camera since right up to the M6/7/P in recent years > making it one of the longest continuous and highly successful technological > products ever made. 83 years! It was pretty solid at the get go it was > just > tweaked from time to time. At one point dumbed down a bit too much making > for flare which they fixed. > A lack of confidence in the Leica M rangefinder does not say much for ones > using the Leica M camera system. The question "why" comes up. > > > On 4/5/15 7:43 AM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 4, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > You were close to describing "challenge " yourself. The challenge of > getting > > what you want in focus with a Nocti. With live view it is a piece of > > cake. > > so true?. you actually see the image that will result. > > s > > > > > > > > > With an M7, there was a challenge. I met it a few times, and the image > that > > sold the most prints ever for a single exposure of mine was from an f1 > Nocti. > > It was a carving on the Bishop's chair at the cathedral. Last month I > visited > > a local architect's home; I have never been there before. Imagine my > delight > > to find that print in his hallway. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Sonny > > Carter > > http://www.SonC.com/look > > > > > >> On Apr 5, 2015, at 12:15 AM, Frank > > Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > >> > >> My theory was that the recent ( > > last 5 years?) if the interest in the Nocti was by rich folk, that > wanted THE > > most exclusive/extreme camera and lens.... The Noctilux plus an M9 or > M(240). > > After getting that combo, they figured out that most of their shots were > not > > in focus. Then came a period of "otherness"..... chasing the dream of > some > > other combo of expensive thing, and the Nocti ran out of favor.....for > maybe a > > Nikon D810 plus some lens or other, that actually made images that were > IN > > focus ( thanks to AF, since these folk never did understand hot to > manually > > focus anything). > >> > >> That accounts for the recent plethora of used 0.95 for > > sale at pretty bargain prices... > >> > >> Or so my thinking goes.... > >> > >> > > Challenge? Define THE challenge... the desire to have all your friends > see > > you with the latest and greatest? > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> > > Red735i at verizon.net > >> > >> I doubt that people do not like it; more likely the > > availability of more sensitive sensors, make it, to use a Brit term, > > "redundant" > >> > >> The price of f 1 noctis are dropping too, for the same > > reason. > >> > >> Interesting that the Leica M and Sony A7x cameras are finally > > able to use those exotic lenses in ways they were never dreamed of by the > > designers, and people are turning away from them. > >> > >> Guess the challenge > > is gone. > >> > >> > >> > >> from my iPad > >> > >> Sonny Carter > >> > >>> On Apr 4, > > 2015, at 9:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > >>> > >>> Sadly > > there seem to be a lot of f0.95s for sale, maybe no-one liked it ;-) > Compared > > to the +12 month waiting list a few years back... > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> > > -----Original Message----- > >>> From: LUG > > [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On > >>> Behalf Of > > Sonny Carter > >>> Sent: Sunday, 5 April 2015 2:40 p.m. > >>> To: Leica Users > > Group > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] For Sale: pristine Nocti .95 > >>> > >>> So if we > > collected a buck for every word on this thread that doesn't pertain to > Sue's > > wish to sell her lens, we could buy it from her. > >>> > >>> from my iPad > >>> > > > >>> Sonny Carter > >>> > >>>> On Apr 4, 2015, at 8:53 PM, John McMaster > > <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: > > Mark Rabiner > >>>> > >>>>> Just insane Steve. > >>>>> When we think about getting > > a new lens or other gear we research it > >>>>> extensively on the internet > > often starting with the manufactures > >>>>> stated specs. Then the >specs > > which other people are publishing. You > >>>>> can line with up as direct > > comparisons. There's dxomark. MTF > >>>>> charts. Erwin Puts books and > > website > >>>> > >>>> I have Erwins books.... > >>>> > >>>>> If you'd like I can > > talk quite lucidly with you about the Noct 1.2. A lens I've seen > personally > > once but have read about extensively over decades. > >>>>> We talked about this > > lens once for quite awhile over a dinner table in a dark steakhouse in > San > > Antonio with Sherry K. and Jim Marshall in 2001. > >>>>> Jim was going to buy > > the lens as he heard it was better and was more compact. > >>>>> Sherry and I > > talked him out of it. Its not better. It's worse on all accounts. > >>>> > >>>> > > Odd, my Puts books show that the f1.2 is sharper wide open, particularly > in > > the corners and not much between them at f5.6. I know somebody on this > list > > has personal experience of this being the case. > >>>> > >>>>> I really had my > > facts down on the history of Noctilux glass then > >>>>> because I had just got > > one for myself. A lens which I left on my > >>>>> camera without taking off for > > a year and made 16x20 fiber archival prints of my finders which I rolled > up > > and sent to them all over the world for their holiday stocking stuffers. > I > > shot thousands or rolls of film with my Noctilux. Mainly Fuji Neopan 1600 > > which I souped in Xtol 1:3. > >>>> > >>>> Uh huh, so how much fine detail did you > > get with that compared to say > >>>> K25? Slight difference between 35mm 1600 > > asa film and an > >>>> M9/240/Monochrom for finding a lenses limitations > > ;-) > >>>> > >>>>> I often used a yellow green or dark green filter with it so > > I'd not have to stop down so much or at all. > >>>>> I found Noctilux use to be > > all about F 1000th of a second and be there. > >>>>> You have you shutter speed > > set at 1000th of a second and you hope > >>>>> you don't have to stop down too > > much if at all. As its very much about a tight selective focus mind set. > >>>>> > > I can talk about the history of Noctilux and any aspect you want to talk > about > > Noctilux till the cows come home. If you don't like it don't read it. > >>>>> > > George seems to think my experience with the Noctilux is completely > invalid > > and I should just shut up became I shot film and not digital. > >>>> > >>>> And > > many people who have shot on both say that digital is very different.... > >>>> > > > >>>>> Really pretty funny. > >>>>> Some real narrow small minded sectarian > > thinking going on on the LUG. > >>>>> At least no ones correcting my > > spelling. > >>>> > >>>> Not how I think of George or Steve ;-) > >>>> > >>>> > > John > >>>> > >>>>> On 4/4/15 7:25 PM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> what I am interested in here Mark, is your pure opinion > > without > >>>>> facts, about very expensive leica lenses, that you desire, but > > have > >>>>> never used, importantly you resent another's opinion about these > > > >>>>> lenses, generally that they own and have used .. > >>>> > >>>> I sense > > that you resent that they have the lenses and you > >>>>> don t . Please correct > > me if I am wrong. > >>>> did I forget anything? > >>>> > >>>> You may > >>>>> wish > > to borrow or rent them, to form a basis for an opinion. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > Steve > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On > >>>>> Apr 4, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Mark Rabiner > > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> What > >>>>> I'm interested in here > > is the fact that two eleven thousand dollar > >>>>> newest from Leica cutting > > edge lenses have been rejected by two Lug > >>>>> people because of bad bokeh. > > And that neither of them have found it > >>>>> necessary to show us examples of > > this. That's 22,000 dollars worth > >>>>> of bad bokeh and money in the back. > > Not a jpeg to be seen anywhere. > >>>>> But we do get to see that the older f1 > > looks like on a tulip. That > >>>>> explains everything. > >>>>> And that when > > someone in > >>>>> the world is about to cough up that kind of money for this > > > >>>>> centerpiece of modern Leica technology they could end up telling > >>>>> > > their friend "I was going to buy this amazing f.95 lens for eleven > >>>>> > > thousand dollars but then I checked and there are these people on > >>>>> the > > Leica users group who had to send their back. Or trade it in for > >>>>> the > > previous version which came out decades ago and is an f1. > >>>>> because of > > bad bokeh? Then googled bad bokeh and its all about not > >>>>> what's in focus > > but what's out of focus but for this lens its the > >>>>> defining deal! So I'm > > going to hold off till I figure out what's going on" > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > That's what I'm interested in. > >>>>> I'm interested in people doing a "been > > there done that" with a the > >>>>> gem of Leicas new line of lenes. A lens > > which from all reports is > >>>>> nothing short of a modern marvel of optical > > excellent unmatched in > >>>>> the modern world. > >>>>> > >>>>> Been there done > > that! > >>>>> Oh I've got the pictures > >>>>> here somewhere. > >>>>> > >>>>> From > > all I've read about it the bokeh which is what an ultra fast > >>>>> lens is > > all about on the f.95 is not worse than the f1 but better. > >>>>> One reason > > being that the people running and working at Leica now > >>>>> didn't all of a > > sudden go to bed and then wake up in the morning > >>>>> stupid. I have a > > slightly high respect for the people at Leica > >>>>> especially the lens > > design people. > >>>>> And my eyes work fine when I'm shown a lackluster bokeh > > image from a > >>>>> new Noctilux I'll look into it further. > >>>>> > >>>>> > > > >>>>> On 4/4/15 6:10 > >>>>> PM, "George Lottermoser" > > <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Not making > >>>>> up any rules > > Mark. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Just an honest question. > >>>>>> Wondering if you've > > had > >>>>> an opportunity to try your M lens collection on a > >>>>>> digital M > > body. > >>>>>> A > >>>>> friend here in Milwaukee rented an M body just to see if > > it may be for him. > >>>>> > >>>>>> My experience with my M8, M, and M Monchrom > > are very similar to > >>>>>> others > >>>>> who've > >>>>>> needed to have lenses > > and or bodies adjusted to get them more > >>>>> precisely in > >>>>>> line with > > specifications. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> My 35 lux Asph front focuses > >>>>> > > horribly. > >>>>>> My 75 lux has similar problems. > >>>>>> Neither of those > > lenses > >>>>> exhibited problems > >>>>>> on my 3 M6 film bodies. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > While my 50 lux Asph and > >>>>> 28 cron Asph both > >>>>>> focus dead accurate on > > all three digital M bodies > >>>>> That's my experience with four lenses on 3 > > film different film > >>>>> bodies > >>>>>> and 3 > >>>>> different digital M > > bodies. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I certainly appreciate your very extensive > >>>>> > > "qualifications" and opinions, > >>>>>> most especially on the equipment > > and > >>>>> processes you've used over the decades. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> a note off > > the iPad, George > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Apr 4, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Mark Rabiner > > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>> Here a fact I can report on > > George. I will add my opinion on this > >>>>>>> and > >>>>> any > >>>>>>> other > > thread on the Lug which I feel like I have something to say > >>>>> about as > > I > >>>>>>> have done here for seventeen years with no care at all about > >>>>> > > your opinion of > >>>>>>> my qualifications. > >>>>>>> You don't get to start > > making up > >>>>> crazy rules. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 4/4/15 12:54 PM, > > "George Lottermoser" > >>>>> <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 11:31 > >>>>> PM, Mark Rabiner > > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> but it usually > >>>>>>>>> works and its many > >>>>> > > times more accurate than a ground glass especially with > >>>>>>>>> a > >>>>>>>>> > > normal > >>>>> and more so with a wide > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> do you have any > > personal experience > >>>>> with using lenses on Leica M digital > > bodies? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> The realities of > >>>>> perfectly flat sensors, > > rangefinder precision, cam > >>>>>>>> adjustments, etc > >>>>> are being described > > to you by individuals who have extensive first > >>>>> hand eperience > >>>>>>>> > > on the subject they're discussing. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> There's also a > >>>>> > > wealth of information available on the subject. > >>>>>>>> Bob has provided > > links to > >>>>> some the best information on the subject. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > > This is not a > >>>>> debate. > >>>>>>>> These are reports on facts. > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>>> George > >>>>> Lottermoser > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > > http://www.imagist.com > >>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >>>>>>>> > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >>>> > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information ?+ ????? ??$y???Z??????y? ???????1??N > ???j??v+b?x???-?'-y?h???v?jw > > g?w(?g?r&??u?? ???????+'??y????!j???(?g?r&??' ???? > ????Z???z?Z??(??k?????????) > > ?{ m? > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users > > Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica > > Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users > > Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users > > Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA