Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I've nver tested the Nokton but I own an old Zeiss Jena Sonnar 85/2 and the Summilux 75 and I agree with your opinion, this lens give some magical smoothnes beeing sharp, different to the others. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/20090620_2545+bw.jpg.html I've saw again your family shots, unfortunately the third link don't work... Cheers Lluis El 30/03/2010, a las 22:33, Richard Man escribi?: > I shots a few photos with the Nokton 50/1.1, Summilux 75/1.4, and > the Zeiss > 85/2 wide open last night. You can see a sample or two on the last > post I > made re: "IMGs: Family" > > Some photos you won't see, for example, the 85/2. Why? Because even > at wide > open, it's so deadly sharp that you point that thing at any women > over 20 > and they may break your lens, and camera. I had a 90/2 AA once (this > 85/2 is > a replacement), and I don't recall it being this sharp at this close > distance (5 feet). > > The color is also definitely different. The Zeiss is slight redder, > while > the Nokton and the 'lux less red (than what I see with my eyes). > > Quite educational in terms of the color rendition. > > p.s. I know why I don't bother with testing focus shift on the > Nokton 50/1.1 > - that lens only get used on 1.1 or 1.4 at most :-) so I don't right > care if > the focus shift somewhere else... > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < > http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information