Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/26
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Dear LUGer
Try some rolls (not only some shoots ) at available light
with the King Noctilux.
You will discover a new kind of pictures, new out of focus
effecs , and colour effects too. You will discover how to
use a light fall-off to make clear you subject. Than compare
the King's photo with another fast lens (please not Canon
one!!!) for example the fantastic Slux 50/1,4. You will
taste the flavour of Noctilux pictures that are incomparable
( f/1 of course ).
You will find the Spirit Of Darkness.
It's my opinion.
Guido Ridoli
LEICA M superfan
guirid@numerica.it
- -----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@ans.com.au>
A: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Data: domenica 26 aprile 1998 9.25
Oggetto: [Leica] Re: Noctilux - Rational lens??
|> >Donald, I appreciated reading your report on the
Noctilux. I have been
|> >wondering whether to get one. It seems like a very
unusual lens with unique
|> >characteristics. Erwin's report also notes unique
characteristics. It
|> sounds
|> >like a worthwhile lens.
|>
|> You may want to wait and get the issue of Photo
Techniques that will have
|> Erwin's article "King of the NIght: The Special Qualities
of the Leica
|> Noctilux-M". Before he left, MIke Johnston said it would
be coming out
|> soon. I love my Noctilux and use it more and more. At
the LHSA meeting in
|> Charleston, I photographed some street scenes at night
that could not have
|> been made without the Noctilux. It has its drawbacks,
but the advantages
|> outweigh them for me. Tina
|
|I can't fully understand the desire for a Noctilux.
Admittedly I
|havn't used a Leica yet (so I'm still trying to get "it"),
but I
|have used a Canon 50mm f/1.0. I thought the idea of a Leica
M
|camera is small, light(ish) and discreet. So what is the
deal
|putting a huge lens on it that is heavier than the camera?
|
|The Canon 50/1 on the lightest body would be about 5%
heavier,
|but you get hardly any light fall-off, no tempermental
nature...
|ALL your shots seem to turn out fine, much closer focusing
|distance, cheaper price, SLR focusing (which is desirable
for
|such a wide aperture), AF, and it produces its own brand of
|fascinating bokeh at f1.0, but I can't personally compare
it to
|the Leica variety.
|
|Are you Noctilux owners in love with this lens or with
f/1.0? It
|sounds like f1.0, which I can understand but not with all
that
|light fall-off....
|