Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:12 AM, John Collier wrote: > If I'd known this was going to upset you so much, I wouldn't have said > anything at all. If you look at what I wrote, you'll find I replaced the > Noctilux (50) with a Summilux (50). I mentioned the Summilux (75) to show > that it wash't the narrow depth of field that put me off. I very seldom > shoot with a tele. I either have a 35 or 50 Summilux mounted 90% of the > time. > > As to the why I bought the Noctilux, I shoot wide open a lot of the time > so when a Noctilux came available locally, it seemed natural to try one > out. However, it was my first normal/wide lens that only focused to 1.0 > m. I use the M camera because it is one of the few cameras that doesn't > get in the way of what I see. It's just a plain glass window to the world. > Up until I bought the Noctilux, I never gave the 0.7 m close focus limit a > single thought. The camera just worked. After I got the Noctilux I found > myself, after framing my shot normally, frequently having to back up. Not > all the time but often enough that I noticed. I don't want to notice my > camera. I want it to disappear. I sold the lens. I had similar experiences with my Noctilux John. I found myself backing up, leaning back, etc. It had more to do with decades of using lenses which did not push me back; than any defect of the Noctilux itself. I loved it for what it was and "could" do. Though as an "everyday-all-the-time 50" it did not fit the way I was used to working. I would have loved to hang on to it for those times and places where it shined. Simply - At the time I sold it - I needed money more than I "needed" this particular lens. Sad but true. In contrast - the 50 Summilux Asph fits my working style perfectly - all the time. I regret selling the Noctilux when I did - mostly because the market went crazy; and I could have sold it for 2 to 3 times the money a year or two later; more than because I find myself "needing" it in my tool box. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist