Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i think i easily shoot 90 % of my leica images with it. - -rei On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 05:46:39PM -0600, John Collier wrote: > As you know I bought a Noctilux last year and have been steadily > beating it to death by channeling vast quantities of light through it. > There is no doubt about it that it is huge and heavy by 50/2 standards. > But, golly, is it ever a pleasure to view the results. I use mine > without hood or filters and the darn thing is flare proof. Front side > light, back light and jolly well any light you can think of and no > flare! It is particularly beautiful with colour film as it loves > nuances and subtle differences in hue. > > I was very fortunate with mine as it focuses perfectly with all my > bodies. It does get a little hit and miss wide open on the 0.58x but it > just shines on the 0.72x. Focus is precise and easy to achieve even in > very low light. Do I miss occasionally wide open? Not too much but it > does depend on the enlargement. Projected slides with a five foot > screen definitely show a few more slight misses than any 8 x 10 prints > do. > > I would also say that if you are just using your Noctilux wide open > then you are missing out. While it may not be quite as crisp as the > Summicron stopped down, it is very close. Its freedom from flare beats > the Summicron (and the Summilux judging by other people's comments) > hands down. As I used to carry around a motor driven Nikon F2 and > several lenses, the weight is OK by me. > > Should everyone buy a Noctilux? Definitely not! It is not a street > shooter's lens and any fast moving action is impossible to follow with > its ponderous focus action. Heck some people even hate the f1 look. So > this is a love it or hate it lens but I am firmly in the love it camp. > Every now and then I get to thinking that I could have half its worth > plus a lens that is only a stop slower and a heck of a lot smaller. > Then I go and turn the projector on... > > John Collier > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html