Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] NOCTILUX/ Canon
From: "Jeffery L.Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:55:01 -0600

I have heard nothing but mediocre reviews of the 0.95 Canon lens. For
fast lenses, the ranking is always:

Noctilux 1.0	best
Canon 50/1.2	okay
Canon 50/.95	avoid

I have the 50/1.2 and can only attest to its quality on a practical
(hands-on) basis. It is slightly soft wide open, and very good stopped
down from 4 on.

For several examples, see:
http://www.jeffery-nola.com/Week%2045.html
http://www.jeffery-nola.com/Week50a.html
http://www.jeffery-nola.com/Week50b.html
http://www.jeffery-nola.com/Week50c.html

The last one is a demonstration of what enlarged detail looks like when
the lens is wide open.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


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Subject: Re: [Leica] NOCTILUX/ Canon


How does the Noctilux compare to the old Canon 500mm F0.95?  I've always

wondered about that lens. Arthur
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