[Leica] Help with Nocti

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Most shooters when they think of tricky low light situations think not of
50's but of wides. That's the problem in my view of the Noctilux. A 50 on an
M is like shooting a tele lens.
A wide gives you lower shutter speeds and a more forgiving angle of view and
your not going to as often miss your focus.

If I had most of the current Leica Lineup to choose from to go out and try
to get an important shot at night and in low light indoors the first lens
I'd grab to put on the camera as I walked out the door would be the
Summilux-M 24 mm f/1.4 ASPH.
 I'd have that on the camera.
And that's the description for most of my shooting anyway. Night. Indoors.
Not spending a whole lot of time on the beach as of late.
Maybe if I was feeling conservative and the shoot looked easy I'd put on the
Summilux-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH.
And put the 24 in a side bag. With maybe the Noctilux.
And I'd have a really cute  and smart assistant carry the camera bag and
take notes.
And in this  impossible ideal dream world THAT Noctilux would be the .95!
Or already mounted on my other M9 or M10.


-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/


> From: Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:14 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Help with Nocti
> 
> Make that 3 of us.....
> 
> But price point is now closer to $6K, used.
> 
> PS:  I do not miss the lens at all.  Way too heavy for 1 more stop.  YMMV.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> That sums it up for me too. I bought and sold it for ~$1400. I bet I can
> easily sell it for $3000-$4000 now :-)
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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