Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, I usually use the Noctilux indoors for portraits of my children by window light and with 100 ASA film I can shoot at f/1 or f/1.2 at 1/125 sec or there abouts. Under these situations I don't notice so much the vignetting since the background is at least a few stops below the foreground. I used the Noctilux for scenics wide open for the first time last month in China at the inner court yard of this lovely temple with defused natural lighting. It is the kind of place with really old architecture and monks in golden robes floating around. I was using Kodachrome 64 and in some areas I was metering f/1 at 1/60. By daytime lighting I don't mean high noon lighting! If I had Provia F400 I could have used the Tri-Elmar but since I had the Noct with me I wanted to use f/1 when the lighting really didn't call for it, I guess! What I got was a bright center with a 3 stop (?) drop at the corners. It was just my inexperience with this lens with this film under these conditions. Next time I can either composed the shot with this characteristic in mind or just use a smaller aperture. I did use the Noctilux a lot that day at f/1.4 and was very impressed with the results. In the end I suppose I don't really *need* the Noctilux, rather just faster film. Regards, Ray > >Ray > >What film do you use with the Noctilux at f/1 in daytime lighting - ISO >0.5? >;-) Even with ISO 100 film and using the Sunny 16 rule, you would be well >over 1/1000sec at f/1 which the M6 will not support. I really believe the >Noct is a lens for the twilight hours and if a 50mm is required for >daylight >shots then the Summicron is the lens to use. In available darkness the >vignetting is not so bad and in many cases not noticeable. > >Simon > >ray tai wrote: >SNIP: > > I find I simply cannot live with the vignetting at f/1 especially so >when >I use it in day time lighting. > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.