Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ray, My wife bought me a nice new Noctilux a couple of years ago. It is the current one with the built in hood. I would have preferred to find a nice used one with the separate hood just for better physical protection of the lens. I have not, however, noticed any flare problem with this version. If fact, it is probably my best lens at flare suppression. Ken Wilcox At 4:30 -0400 6/23/1, a fine scholar, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >i am borrowing an f1 this weekend, it's the E60 with the removable hood. >i also looked at the new build-in hood model. i believe these have >the same optical construction. > >it struck me that the removable hood (older model) offered more light >shading, as well as better physical protection. does anyone have >opinions of the newest f1 versus the previous one? > >-rei > > >> From: "Victor Wek" <photvictor@hotmail.com> > >> You can have only Noctilux and be fine with it. But you have to like the >> pictures it produces, and be OK with size (it covers portion of viewfinder) >> and weight (630g). >> It is very sharp as any Leica lens, stopping down. I can count a person >> hair or grass, the thing I can not do with Canon or Nikon lenses. The >> sharpness perception is different with tiny DofF at f/1. In middle >> apertures, it produces pastel type of images, sharp and smooth, but not >> muddy like other brands. It can pull out any light which exists in shadow. >> Other brands will give you just dark spot in that area. >> >> I know three Ervin articles about Noctilux: >> 1. On his web site >> http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/mseries/testm/M10-50.html >> 2. In Photo Technique magazine with photos - it is the best eval I read. >> 3. In his book, there are few pages (overview of design and details about >> the lens). >> Global search for Noctilux keyword brought me link to few Noctilux photos >> http://www.alaska.net/~rowlett/noctilux.htm >> >> Victor >> Earth, Solar System >> http://communities.msn.ca/VictorPhoto - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>