Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi John, I use that Summilux too. Suits me perfectly. cheers Frank On 11 Mar, 2007, at 14:46, John Collier wrote: > That, and the fact that the plane of focus would have all but > disappeared. > > My criticism of the Noctilux was more an explanation of why I was > selling a lens that I otherwise loved. The signature of the > Noctilux was wonderful, and at all apertures. It is just a > marvelous 50 that happens to go to f1. I used it as my primary lens > for a year and a half and every time I moved in close, I would have > to back up a step to find focus. It was very hard to sell a lens > that I loved the results from but, with the 50 Summilux Asph I > replaced it with, I never had to back up once. Funny what 0.3 of a > meter can do. > > Now the Summilux Asph is gone, glitches in the focus action on all > three that I had, and I am now using a 50 Summilux BP. It is not > going to be as sharp as the Asph, though anyone who loves the > Noctilux is not all about sharpness, but I think I finally have a > fast 50 which does it all... for me. > > John Collier > > On 11-Mar-07, at 3:04 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > >> BTW I read that you did not keep the Noctilux because it did not >> focus close enough. There is a clue to the reason behind this in >> Erwin Puts book. The close performance of the lens is weak and he >> recommends stopping down if used near closest focus distance - >> perhaps Leica don't let users descend into a focusing distance >> where it is still worse? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information