Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once again I'm catching up on the list. The Nokton 35 f1.2 is a magnificent lens and I'd put mine up against any Leica lens, any day of the week you want to have a shoot out! On the M8 it is an amazingly crisp, as sharp cutting and in your face great image capturing lens as you'll ever find! Hey I bought this as a match for my Noctilux when we started to shoot the book, "Women in Medicine. A Celebration of Their Work." Unfortunately it didn't arrive until we were finished. But since then it's almost the lens of choice with the M8 as it's as crisp as any lens could possibly be. No I wont sell it to anybody! :-) I can't imagine anyone considering it a "poor man's Noctilux" Hell it's a hand in glove match twin with the Noctilux. Wide open or other wise! A few screws loose? Hell we've all got a few of those. So don't fault this lens because you found a couple. Simple answer? Either return it for another or buy a set of jewelers screw drivers, any photographer worth their salt has a set of these in any event just in case. Tighten the screws and get snapping away! There see how easy it is! :-) Dr. ted. :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:23 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/lf/SF4.jpg.html 2009/3/16 Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> > > > Tina, > > Thanks! I have been thinking about getting this lens and using it as a poor > person's Noctilux but I wasn't about to admit it, even to myself, for fear > that I would get laughed off the LUG! :=) > > Isn't it possible that your problem with the loose screws is a good old > fashioned manufacturing defect? Perhaps when they made it - for what ever > reason - they just tightened it enough so that it made it out of the factory > but not tight enough to last? > > Doesn't Dr. Ted shoot with a 35mm f 1.2 CV? > > Barney > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > Ken Carney wrote: >> >>> Tina, >>> >>> Don't know about loose screws, but: do you deem this lens worthy of an >>> M8? >>> >> Yes, up until the screws fell out, I thought this was a great lens. I've >> been using it as a Noctilux substitute on the M8 since it is about a 50/1.2. >> Even after having my Noctilux coded and matched to my M8, I still couldn't >> get it to focus like I could on the film Ms so I gave up and got the Nokton. >> It was probably my most used lens for a few months until the screw problem. >> I was really looking forward to taking it to Peru. I'm sure I would have >> used it a lot. I also have the CV 12mm and used that often. I have no >> problem with the files from the CV lenses, only with the possible build >> problems. >> If I were you, I'd get the lenses I could afford for the M8 now and save >> up for Leica lenses later, but I would never get a d700 or 5D instead of the >> M8! You would regret that in the long run. I've never bought a Leica lens >> that I regretted buying and I have regretted every Leica lens I've ever >> sold. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Tina >> www.tinamanley.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 > -- Cheers Geoff 'Pick up your Leica and make the best photo you can' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - Release Date: 03/15/09 14:07:00