Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] Noctilux comparison
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Nov 15 14:43:40 2005

So many great shots in the tinyurl that you didn't show us yet, Didier.


> From: Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:17:09 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux comparison
> 
> Same for me. It's quite soft but I just like it. The only thing I need to 
> take
> care of is it's heavy tendency for vignetting. I avoid bright backgrounds 
> or
> skies; and I dont use filters though I have several 55mm special flat ones
> (those who do not touch the lens front) but I have meanwhile learned that 
> the
> flare risk is significantly rising by using them.
> Find some low light Canon 50 1.2 pictures here (Flash player 5 or higher
> needed)
> http://inzec.ch/inzec_english.html
> Soft as soft can be:
> http://tinyurl.com/7sku3 (with filter-caused flare at the bottom left)
> 
> Didier
> 
> 
>> From what I have seen the Noctilux performs better. It's sharper and has 
>> more
>> contrast
>> at f1, than the Canon at 1.2. That said, I like the results from the 
>> Canon.
>> It has a nice fingerprint.
>> And you can't beat the price...
>> feli
>> 
>>> Ted, or anyone else -
>>> I've never owned a Noctilux but I do own an old Canon 50mm f1.2 lens in
>>> a LTM. With an adaptor for my M3 it was just the thing when I needed to
>>> shoot in available darkness. I would appreciate it if anyone who has
>>> used both of these lenses could offer a quality comparison. That is, if
>>> you can do it without gratuitous slurs against Canon products.
>>> Larry Z
> 
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