Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning's point rather eloquently captures my own sentiments. The rangefinder is an irresistible camera because more than most types of cameras there's an understanding that what you see through the viewfinder isn't what you get. You fulfill all the technical requirements very carefully--focus, exposure, angles, lighting, subject, composition--to make a nice image. Yet what comes out is sometimes even nicer than you had visualized, in a way you hadn't precisely imagined. For me--for my eyes--this seems to happen most often with the Noctilux. -rei On 01/25/2012 06:22 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > I have both and probably the ratio is 2/1 Summilux/Noctilux. > > The Summilux never disappoints, but the Noctilux often adds something (a > variety of aberrations, to be exact) that make a picture more interesting. > And sometimes, f/1 dof is more interesting than f/1.4 dof. BTW, the Nokton > f/1.1 rendering rather disappoints me; it's too much like that of the > f/1.5. It certainly is no Noctilux. In fact, as a gross comparison, the > 50/1.1 is to the Noctilux f/1 like the Nokton f/1.5 is to the pre-asph > Summilux 50. That's not exactly true, of course but in terms of rendering > it comes close. > > Henning > > > On 2012-01-25, at 1:00 PM, Richard Man wrote: > >> I have no fight in this, but a small number of luggers have both the >> 50'lux >> ASPH and a Noctilux. >> >> Judging from my own preference, the ASPH 'lux comes out just about every >> single time when I use a 50. Like I said, if my Notic-wanna-be, the Nokton >> 1.1, isn't so inexpensive by Leica standard, I wouldn't have gotten it. >> >> So any owner of both lens actually use the Nocti as often or more often >> than the 'lux ASPH? >> >> I know a number of you have many 50mm lens. Not sure exactly how to count >> those uses.. >> -- >> // richard<http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information