Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Should I buy a Noctilux? > > Some Noctilux pros and cons: > > PRO > --- > -- no other lens gives you as limited a DOF, which can be used in very > creative ways not to detract from an excellent list, in actuality, the noctilux wide open has the seventh smallest depth of field of any M lens, by my reckoning: 135/2.8 1.12 inch at 6 feet 135/3.4 1.37 inch at 6 feet 135/4.0 1.60 inch at 6 feet 90/2.0 1.86 inch at 6 feet 75/1.4 1.89 inch at 6 feet 90/2.8 2.60 inch at 6 feet 50/1.0 3.08 inch at 6 feet calculations courtesy of: http://members.home.net/gillettm/DOF.html i just shot 72 straight exposures over a long weekend with the noctilux wide open, and about half of the next roll. until i got the noct, i never thought 100 ASA was too fast, and i never thought 1/1000 was too slow! :-) - -rei