Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 24, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Don Dory wrote: > Steve, > It means the designer of the lens truly appreciated the task of the > tool and > balanced all the foibles to provide an output that works. The same > holds > true of the ancient 50 F1.5 Sonnar design. On paper not such a > great lens > with coma, astigmatism, focus shift, curvature of field, > vignetting, and a > host of other sins, and yet the images hold up very well sixty > years on. > > The same of the Noctilux. The image hold up at F1 just fine thank > you. Buy > either of Ted's medicine books. Go to Rei's family page. You will > find > hundreds of images at F1 and be there. Mostly all outstanding. all so true Don... I'm very aware of all of these wonderful images...and more...I include many of Tina's images... I have used the Noctilux more than any other single lens in the unpredictable and often dim light of the hospital ICU's... love it, use it often, it serves me well.... <http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-79440.html> Steve > Some may say the tool doesn't mean anything to the expert. Try taking > images in the dark with an F4 lens and no flash. Try to eliminate > a nasty > background if you don't have a fast lens or a a lot of room to back > up and > something over 400mm. :) > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 3/24/06, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 24, 2006, at 7:52 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >> >>> a most timely message! 2006 is the 30th birthday of the f1 >>> noctilux. >>> and i still trust it. >> >> and Rei... fwiw.... >> >> the photos from the Noctilux routinely appear to me better !! than I >> anticipated they would be... >> >> >> I'm not sure what that really means, but I can't say that about any >> other lens... >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> only two M lenses come to my mind with this length of production >>> were >>> the original 1961 35 'lux 1961-1995 (34 years) and the 2nd >>> 50 'lux 1962-1994 (32 years). >>> >>> -rei >>> >>> On Mar25 01:18, A.H.Schmidt wrote: >>>> Hi, I am not quite sure, why anybody would want to worry about any >>>> abberations of the Noctilux. >>>> >>> .... >>>> 2. The lens has been around for some time now, and if there where >>>> better F1 lens, then, I am quite sure, >>>> Leica would release a somewhat updated lens. >>> >>> -- >>> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >>> Ridgewood, New Jersey >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information