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Subject: [Leica] Noctilux
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:26:10 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1CkHp-7GNeOKP=3HnWXGEWujHj=YjagAgpoZMMGLWU6QA@mail.gmail.com> <CEE8BAC0.15DCA%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Thank you, Mark! I really like that one but nobody ever commented on it.

Tina

On Tuesday, December 31, 2013, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> "Children with Dead Pig" certainly belongs in a serious collection. Like
in
> a museum!!
>
>
> On 12/31/13 4:22 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Geoff!  I do love the Noctilux.  Sometimes you really need that
>> shallow depth of field.  I think it works for this one:
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/71197205
>>
>> Everything sharp would not have been as good.
>>
>> Many of these are with the Noctilux:
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/honduras&page=all
>>
>> I really needed the 1.0 and fast film in those dark houses.  Today, I'd
>> probably use the 1.4 and M240 with higher speed for most of them, except
>> when I need the shallow depth of field.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/144348674
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
>wrote:
>>
>>> Unless someone actually posts pictures to illustrate these opinions, you
>>> guys are all going to be in so much trouble if Dr Ted sees this thread.
>>>  ;-)
>>> I know that Tina and Ted are masters of these lenses wide open. Let's
see
>>> your stuff.
>>>
>>> I just stopped the (borrowed) thing down because that was the light I
had
>>> and the DoF I wanted too.
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/153201969
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/153260573
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 January 2014 06:55, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The difference between the DOF of a 50/1.4 and 50/1.0 lens is actually
>>>> pretty minimal.
>>>>
>>>> Both are hard to nail critical focus, especially close in. With the EVF
>>> of
>>>> the M or Sony or Fuji, the issues of focus are remarkably reduced.
>>>>
>>>> The real difference between the various (age) 50's is the fingerprint
of
>>>> the lens, weight, and cost.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not in favor of weight around your neck, then all 3 Noctis
>>> fall
>>>> off the list, closely followed by the ASPH Lux. The lightest is the
more
>>>> recent (black) Summicron.
>>>>
>>>> If you can not afford $3-10k for the lens, then the choice boils down
to
>>> a
>>>> Summicron.
>>>>
>>>> Fingerprint is so subjective. But for pure unmitigated sharpness, the
>>> ASPH
>>>> Lux is the clear winner.
>>>>
>>>> I am (almost) down to only the ASPH Lux. And have no regrets.
Absolutely
>>>> great lens.
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 31, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No matter what you do with a sensor, a 1.0ish lens shooting wide open
>>>> cannot be duplicated with a 1.4.  Even just from a depth of field stand
>>>> point, let alone the other characteristics of using such a fast lens
wide
>>>> open.  So, if that is what you want it is indeed necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> Aram, who owned a 1.2 lens at one time but could no longer focus with
>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Man
>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 11:07 PM
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux
>>>>>
>>>>> I think with the modern digital sensors and cameras, very few lens are
>>>>> truly "necessary," and most are a matter of "wants." Nothing wrong
with
>>>>> that since I sucMark William Rabiner
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Tina Manley
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