[Leica] noct .95 ?

Wed Jul 19 21:00:43 PDT 2017

I have a M6TTL with the .85 finder, really like it.

Gene

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:48 PM, lluisripollphotography <
lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> I had two M with 0.85x (an M6 TTL and a MP), yes it is great and if you
> have the Leica focusing magnifier 1.25x you get a magnification bigger that
> the one with an M3, the full viewfinder window is dedicated to the the
> 50mm, it is great!
>
> Cheers
> LLuis
>
>
> > El 19 jul 2017, a les 23:15, Dan Khong <dankhong at gmail.com> va escriure:
> >
> > After hearing Uncle speak, I will bring out my Noctilux  f1 and shoot a
> > roll of Ilford FP 400 and M6 0.85 which I hear makes focusing with it
> > easier. Is it true that they made only 3,300 copies of the 0.85?
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi CREW,
> >> My Noctilux 1.0 is the first one made in Canada and sold in Canada.
> >> I bought it simply because it was f1.0 and once I became more
> >> photographically experienced? I pretty well shot my assignments on the
> >> basis of? "IF YOU CAN SEE IT? YOU CAN SHOOT IT!" I shot 99.9% of my
> >> assignments by available light only.
> >> My published medical books:
> >> "DOCTOR'S WORK."& "WOMEN IN MEDICINE"
> >> were shot using available light only! Using all LEICA glass and the
> >> Noctilux 1.0 was of major use. On the basis of "If you can see it? You
> can
> >> shoot it!"
> >> Many members of the LUG have purchased copies of "DOCTOR'S WORK" and
> >> "WOMEN IN MEDICINE."
> >> They are both completely shot in B&W. Even though I may say so myself ?
> >> The photography is all drop dead magnificent B&W film! And hand made
> prints
> >> for re-productions.
> >> OH yes last thing?
> >> The original "DOCTORS WORK" was published as
> >> "This is our Work." As a special leather hand bound of 250 copies. 14" X
> >> 14" at $250.oo per. These are, if you can find them in "used book
> stores" I
> >> saw 2 copies about a month ago ???  READY?
> >> Book No.1.... $5000.oo collector copy.
> >> Book No.2.... $4000.oo  due to a slight scuff mark on the back cover!
> >> All I can add is the NOCTILUX 1.0 without question proves itself time
> and
> >> again the champion lens it is!
> >> cheers,
> >> Dr. Ted Grant O.C.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Mark Rabiner
> >> Sent: July-18-17 8:25 PM
> >> To: Leica Users Group
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] noct .95 ?
> >>
> >> I never got a shot I didn’t like from my Noct. F1 circa 2001. I still
> have
> >> it.
> >> I left in on my camera for a year spurning any other Leica glass.
> There’s
> >> nothing you can’t shoot with it. On the lug, we get all those stuff how
> its
> >> only good for this or that excuses for getting rid of a lens whose only
> >> purpose was to tie up some money for an interim period until the money
> was
> >> needed
> >> Yes, it’s as great for shots stopped down as it is close in, high noon
> at
> >> the salt flats or 0 dark hundred in the coal mine. I missed the focus
> with
> >> this lens as often as I did with my Summicron. Around the zero area.
> After
> >> its been on your camera that you use every day it’s not heavy. It’s my
> >> Leica.
> >> I was never without it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> 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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