[Leica] Voigtlander Nokton 1.1 yes or no?

[chris williams]

Agreed, I had terrible focus issues with the 1.1 when I tried it. 



Chris Williams
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> On Jul 21, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> Voigtlander 1.1 has focus shift on your M9.
> 
> Get the Zeiss 50/2 Planar
> 
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:17 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
> leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks --
>> 
>> My trusty $100 Canon Serenar has picked up a slight wobble, I'm not sure
>> if this is a portent of evil to come or if I just never noticed it before --
>> but the front element section will move around a bit if you wiggle it
>> ("stop wiggling it!" advice I thank you for in advance).
>> 
>> I'm thinking of preemptively replacing it. I was going to go for a
>> Voigtlander 1.5, which seem to be about $900 in Leica M mount, but noticed
>> that the Nokton 1.1 was going for about $650 -- any thoughts on whether the
>> nokton would work as my only 50 or is it too big for every day use?
>> 
>> Suggestions of other 50's you have lying around in drawers and want to get
>> rid of also taken.
>> 
>> Priorities are:
>> 
>> 1) no slower than f2
>> 2) focusing closer than 3 feet (which means any screwmount 50 is in,
>> though I'd prefer an M mount that I could focus closer without having to
>> resort to the penny-shim trick.)
>> 
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