Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/27

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Subject: [Leica] About the Noctilux
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Mar 27 07:08:27 2006
References: <44254CA6.10209@waltjohnson.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20060325172929.02ab41c8@screengang.com>

Didier,

Sure like those images, especially #1. There is something about working 
on the edge which certainly makes images come alive.

Walt

Didier Ludwig wrote:

>Walt
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>In most cases I prefer the "slower" and compacter lenses.  But when you go 
>to the limits of available light photography, every half stop counts. Even 
>if it's on the cost of compactess, sharpness or whatever. With f1.0 you 
>have anyway a DOF of a few millimeters only - so why talking about 
>sharpness/softness then?
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>I couldn't afford a Nocti but have a LTM 1.2/50 Canon as my fastest lens. 
>This one IS really soft, vignettes and flares like hell, is shorter but a 
>bit larger than a Summilux, and bulky especially with the huge vented lens 
>hood on. BUT there are situations where I take this lens with me and not 
>one of the 1.4 or 2.0 lenses I have (I rarely got out with more than one 
>lens).
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>Two f1.2 shots, handheld at about a 1/4 sec :
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/40833360@N00/94947403/in/photostream/
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/40833360@N00/94950652/
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>Didier
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In reply to: Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] About the Noctilux)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] About the Noctilux)