Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just to break with tradition and talk about using Leicas, and not disposing or acquiring them, I want to mention something from my visit to Victoria this past few weeks. Ted and I went out one night and photographed the Parliament building in Victoria. I used my M6 and 35 Summilux ASPH on a tripod and then Ted's Noctilux. What I noticed, that surprised me, was that the shadow detail between the two lenses was very similar. The Noctilux did not seem to have any advantage. That's for this given set of circumstances. Of course, the difference in magnification had something to do with how the picture looked, but the sharpness of the 35 ASPH was visibly better, and the Noctilux had coma in the corners that was pretty severe, and was nonexistent in the 35 ASPH. None at all. But overall image quality was similar otherwise. Even so, the Noctilux at f/1 is amazing. I took a picture of the Empress Hotel with the moon hiding behind clouds. Absolutely gorgeous picture, given the shallow depth of field. I can see why people like to use this lens for available light handheld work. It really has no peer in that kind of situation. Wish I'd had that lens to photograph comet Hale-Bopp. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch My Karma ran over my Dogma..