[Leica] noct .95 ?

[Mark Rabiner]

People think using a Noct is an f 1 and be there kind of thing.
It’s not because of the many situations in which the camera won’t allow you to shoot at f1.  As its just too bright the shutter speed on an M6 only went to  1/1000 of second with its cloth shutter. If it went as fast as the shutters do day it would be a different ball game as it’s a many stop difference between 8000th and 1000th.  It’s as big of a gap as f 5.6 to f16. Three stops.

So, I did a “f 1000th of a second and be there” kind of workflow/mindset when I used my Noctilux.
And if I could get the lens to open to f1 so much the better. When I shot at f 2.8 or 8 or 16 nobody died.
The fact that I shot mainly mainly fast films was part of the culprit. Though I did shoot plenty of Kodachrome 64 with it. But that’s slide film.
But as I’ve said here I can only go so far with the wide open always shooting mindset. Plenty of shots are not meant to look like that deep focas is what many shots need.
 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 7/18/17, 8:04 PM, "LUG on behalf of Leo Wesson" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi Frank, 
    
    There is a learning curve to figure out what looks best with the Nocti, distance from camera, busyness of background, light or lack of light...
    
    
    Thanks!
    
    Leo Wesson
    Leowesson.com
    817-733-9157
    
    > On Jul 18, 2017, at 18:58, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote:
    > 
    > The f1.0 can produce images much more to my liking, the f0.95 is technically much better but not as interesting IMO... Much more contrast in the f0.95, notably sharper but it is not as unpredictable ;-) For those that find the f1.0 large and heavy, do not even think about the f0.95!
    > 
    > john
    > 
    > -----Original Message-----
    > 
    > curious about why your preference for the 1 over the .95
    > 
    > ric
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >> On Jul 18, 2017, at 5:26 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote:
    >> 
    >> To be honest, I use my f1.0 far more than the f0.95.... but neither are for sale ;-)
    >> 
    >> john
    >> 
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    > 
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