Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slobodan, Like any professional item, if it doesn't work the way you work then sell it off and finance another tool that does what you need. One work around is to use the Noctilux and crop down to the effective closer focus that your work requires. Another answer would be to acquire a M-R adapter which would get you to the 12" range with the Noctilux; of course you would have the discontinuity using an extension tube. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Slobodan Dimitrov Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:48 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Noctilux-M v. Summilux-R I'm really at a loss here. I like the signature of the Noctilux, but I just can't get past the fact that it doesn't focus closer than a meter. To me, that just about makes it a landscape lens. Now with the Summilux-R I can get very close in, and with an Elpro, even do a skin pore survey. That close in, issues of Boke become irrelevant, especially when dealing with facial structures. Which brings me to the point of whether to sell off, or not, the Noctilux-M. Since whenever I know I need a wide open portrait shot, I'll automatically take the R mit 'Lux attached. And, with speeds up to 1/8000, I can shoot wide open even in sun light. Truly a quandary! Slobodan Dimitrov - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html