[Leica] the new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH ...a blog

[frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)]

I am surprised. For me the boke was noticeably poor. I only kept it a short 
time. I have been very happy with my other CV lenses though.
Frank

--- On Thu, 28/5/09, Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] the new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH ...a blog
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thursday, 28 May, 2009, 3:15 PM
> I find the bokeh okay at near
> distances and longer distances, but it's slightly harsh in
> the middle - I agree. Nowhere near as good as my 35 cron.
> We'll see with the new Nokton...
> 
> On May 28, 2009, at 8:01 PM, FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> 
> > 
> > strange you say that. I had a 50 f1.5 Nokton for a
> while but sold it bgecause of the awful boke (as did another
> person I know) It was perhaps a touch sharper than the
> pre-asph summilux in the corners, but not the center. It was
> nowhere near the latest 50mm f1.4 asph. Not even close.
> > Frank
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 28/5/09, Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] the new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH
> ...a blog
> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Date: Thursday, 28 May, 2009, 2:30 AM
> >> I might be wrong but I think the
> >> 50/1.1 has almost the same optical formula as the
> outgoing
> >> Noctilux f1, and Abrahamsson reports it as being
> even better
> >> (wide open, sharper with less vignetting).
> >> 
> >> Personally have had very good experiences with the
> current
> >> 50/1.5 Nokton ASPH if that's anything to go by;
> shot side by
> >> side against the 50 lux asph, there's a bit of
> difference in
> >> sharpness wide open, but by f2 it's pretty much
> even
> >> stevens. The rendering actually reminds me of the
> older
> >> pre-asph 50 lux I tried once.
> >> 
> >> Anyway, I have a 50/1.1 reserved in the first
> batch - my
> >> dealer tells me two weeks or so - I'll put it
> through its
> >> paces and post my thoughts and samples here.
> >> 
> >> Ming
> >> THEIN Onn Ming
> >> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com
> >> www.flickr.com/mingthein
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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