Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>With my Noctilux I learn that the upper left corner has more vignetting >than the right side, so I'm extremely aware of that fact when doing my >composition. The upper corners shows the vignetting and up to the point >where they are black. Erwin was right in his comments, you will see the >difference up to three stops. How far do you have to stop down to bring the light falloff within reasonable bounds? f1.4? f2? I guess reasonable bounds is debatable. Lets say within 1 stop. >But don't be discourage by these facts, that is the nature of the >beast. The quality of the image and the use of an extremely plane of >focus selection that you have available with that lens is unique. >There is a unique quality to the images that you produce with the >Noctilux. Is this unique quality simply the big aperture or is it something about this particular lens. I guess what I'm asking is whether this unique quality that I have heard about is what you see at f1.0 only, or is it something about this lens that is visible throughout the aperture ranges?