Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote If you want to take street scenes at night the f1.4 is the way to go. It is almost up to noctilux low light potential, being wider but only 1 stop slower, but has less vignetting and is sharper. [Austin] What vignetting? I am also curious why you say it's sharper? I don't have a 50/1.4, but it would be hard to believe it's sharper...but perhaps it is... Austin I was talking about the 35 summilux (see subject line in my post) and the note in the snipped part of my message above pointing out that it is wider. I did not mention a 50/1.4 once. To be more clear, in comparing the noctilux and 35 summilux aspherical (the subject of the post i was replying to) At the same light level with both wide open the f1.4 will require half the shutter speed of the f1, often entirely practical. Apart from the obvious difference in angle of view, and I like 35 and 50 about equally myself, the resulting pictures will have the following differences:- The noctilux has a glow the 35 aspherical does not have The noctilux vignettes much more than the 35 aspherical The 35 aspherical is noticeably sharper. On your point comparing the f1.4 and f1 50,s I only compare at wider apertures (stopped down most lenses are pretty good) the 1.4 is sharper than the noctilux (except at f1 ;) ) cheers Frank