Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shot of Tom, and I also go for the B&W version. On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Aram offered: > >>> Well, if you can focus a Nocti that well with just a viewfinder, any > lens should be a piece of cake. Not much Dof with that lens to have any > forgiveness.<<<<< > > Hi Aram, I have the first available Noctilux made in Canada when they were > being made here rather than Germany. Leica had their new lens/camera > manufacturing plant in Midland, Ontario, north of Toronto. So I guess I > kind of got lucky being in he right place at the right time. And I've never > been sorry I bought it. > If one uses it every day it's sharp right on the mark at f 1.0 or f22! > In my case I used mine when producing my medical books and everything in > the OR's was shot by available light. > > I think the sharpness problems only occur due to "users" not working with > the lens on a day to day time frame and over a fair number of days, weeks, > months, years, whatever? > > And in Tina's case she used hers for a very long period of time and > shooting under almost every type of lighting conditions one could ever > imagine. > > cheers, > ted :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of Aram Langhans > Sent: November-29-15 5:17 PM > To: 'Tina Manley'; 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux > > Well, if you can focus a Nocti that well with just a viewfinder, any lens > should be a piece of cake. Not much Dof with that lens to have any > forgiveness. > > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Manley [mailto:images at comporium.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 2:04 PM > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: SL and Noctilux > > Neither - just nice bright EVF! It's amazing. I know you can do magnified > and focus peaking but I haven't gotten that far in the manual yet! > > Tina > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > How did you focus...magnified image or focus peaking? > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > On Nov 29, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > > wrote: > > > > LUG: > > > > I finally got the courage to put the Noctilux on the LS. This is in > > Tom's very dark basement office. I'll try some later with more > > interesting bokeh, but it looks like I might be able to focus it on the > SL! > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/161952700 > > > > and original > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161952790 > > > > It's not as heavy as the 24-90! > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// > > < > > http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t > > 5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manle > > y.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=c410b5f7-41f7-4c1d-bc27 > > -bff6220acf81 > > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > < > http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=9d6e4e79-cc9a-452c-c862-1c1d7a842d47 > > > www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >