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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux
From: geneduprey2015 at gmail.com (Gene Duprey)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:34:42 -0600
References: <CA+yJO1Aki=EJ24HD6kcsF3cNi5Gk+F9sALroky-Ezoh3umgiEA@mail.gmail.com> <9081515D-9897-46B6-8C56-AC09584F0A7E@verizon.net> <CA+yJO1Bj10EYLLk4Jh-if3HMjMyq6ZTRMSngmnAzLdbviw-uhg@mail.gmail.com> <BLU404-EAS3212E5318013DFCDFDE43D4B8000@phx.gbl> <000301d12b10$d7820ab0$86862010$@ca>

Great shot of Tom, and I also go for the B&W version.

On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Aram offered:
> >>> Well, if you can focus a Nocti that well with just a viewfinder, any
> lens should be a piece of cake.  Not much Dof with that lens to have any
> forgiveness.<<<<<
>
> Hi Aram, I have the first available Noctilux made in Canada when they were
> being made here rather than Germany. Leica had their new lens/camera
> manufacturing plant in Midland, Ontario, north of Toronto. So I guess I
> kind of got lucky being in he right place at the right time. And I've never
> been sorry I bought it.
> If one uses it every day it's sharp right on the mark at f 1.0 or f22!
> In my case I used mine when producing my medical books and everything in
> the OR's was shot by available light.
>
> I think the sharpness problems only occur due to "users" not working with
> the lens on a day to day time frame and over a fair number of days, weeks,
> months, years, whatever?
>
> And in Tina's case she used hers for a very long period of time and
> shooting under almost every type of lighting conditions one could ever
> imagine.
>
> cheers,
> ted  :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Aram Langhans
> Sent: November-29-15 5:17 PM
> To: 'Tina Manley'; 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux
>
> Well, if you can focus a Nocti that well with just a viewfinder, any lens
> should be a piece of cake.  Not much Dof with that lens to have any
> forgiveness.
>
> Aram
>
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired  Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
>
> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
> would ever have dared dream.?   James D. Watson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tina Manley [mailto:images at comporium.net]
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 2:04 PM
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux
>
> Neither - just nice bright EVF!  It's amazing. I know you can do magnified
> and focus peaking but I haven't gotten that far in the manual yet!
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > How did you focus...magnified image or focus peaking?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> > On Nov 29, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > LUG:
> >
> > I finally got the courage to put the Noctilux on the LS.  This is in
> > Tom's very dark basement office.  I'll try some later with more
> > interesting bokeh, but it looks like I might be able to focus it on the
> SL!
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/161952700
> >
> > and original
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161952790
> >
> > It's not as heavy as the 24-90!
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > http://
> > <
> > http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t
> > 5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manle
> > y.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=c410b5f7-41f7-4c1d-bc27
> > -bff6220acf81
> > >
> > www.tinamanley.com
> > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
> >
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux)
Message from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Verizon) ([Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux)
Message from leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux)