Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:59 PM 4/26/98 -0700, you wrote: >I've been following this thread with interest as I just exposed (not shot >:-) ) a roll of color neg with a new Noct. The images were a combination of >bright sunlit, shadowed, and indoor carousel locations. The shadowed and >carousel photos were very nice ( I haven't stopped down to 1.0 yet though), >but the bright sun photos were extremely contrasty to the point of being >unpleasant. They were exposed at f8, 1000th sec. Do others have this same >observation? > > >TIA, > >John > John, There's not really any reason to use the Noctilux unless you are going to use it at 1.0. There are other 50mm lenses that are better, cheaper and lighter for smaller f stops. Take your Noctilux in the dark and have some fun :-) Tina ______________________________________________________________________ Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>