Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On casual to fair inspection, I certainly can't tell. I have blown Nocti images up to large sizes: 16 x 20 and they hold on beautifully. Richard has a moderate size image of my Circus Oz print and may comment. You don't have to be Ted Tina or HCB to use any lens: I have hits and misses with all mine, only I suspect I have far more misses than hits on the Ted and Tina "scale". This does not deter me: the Noctilux is not a specialty lens, it is a superfast 50 which can do an admirable job at f8 and allows you to take images in situations where you would otherwise struggle. I will post Circus Oz for you to see: http://gallery.leica-users.org/Selected-offerings Cheers On 28/06/2004, at 11:45 AM, Walker Smith wrote: >> the Noctilux is not just a low light lens. > > I don't own one but I'm curious to know if there's a discernable > difference between the Noctilux at, say, f/8 and the 50mm Summicron at > f/8? Can the difference be readily seen... at any aperture? If not, > why would the Noctilux be only for certain situations and not for > general purpose? Unless it's substantially different, the only > complaint, I'd think, would be weight. Can someone enlighten me about > this? > > Walker > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair