Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too find the 1m focus a real limitation on the Noctilux. 0.7m would be much better (perfect for me) and one could always stop down to f/1.4 when you were focusing that close. I actually have no trouble nailing F/1 at 1m and would not be dismayed if I could focus to 0.7m and had to accept a few misses. Otherwise I love my Nocti and it is my lens of choice anytime before May and after September. I have a hunch I will try a Summilux fairly soon and it may well replace the Noctilux. Especially so if the recent rumor of a new Summilux-M bears fruit. John Collier On Dec 26, 2003, at 9:47 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > I'm really at a loss here. I like the signature of the Noctilux, but I > just > can't get past the fact that it doesn't focus closer than a meter. To > me, > that just about makes it a landscape lens. Now with the Summilux-R I > can get > very close in, and with an Elpro, even do a skin pore survey. That > close in, > issues of Boke become irrelevant, especially when dealing with facial > structures. > Which brings me to the point of whether to sell off, or not, the > Noctilux-M. > Since whenever I know I need a wide open portrait shot, I'll > automatically > take the R mit 'Lux attached. And, with speeds up to 1/8000, I can > shoot > wide open even in sun light. Truly a quandary! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html