Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02

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Subject: [Leica] Testing the Nokton-M f/1.5 lens
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:42:54 -0400

A more interesting test would be to compare the Nokton to the 50mm
Summilux ASPH. They're about the same speed, and the Nokton also has ASPH
elements. I had a 50/1.5 Nokton a few years ago and regret selling it, it
was a very good lens.

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On 9/2/13 2:40 PM, "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:

>Totally non-scientific comparison between the new Voigtlander Nokton-M
>1:1.5/50 mm ASPH. and the APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH.
>
>My analysis: for anything f/2 and smaller, I'll go for the 50 AA.
>Contrast, microcontrast and sharpness is noticeably better in the raw
>files (not as much on web jpgs).
>
>But for the price, the CV at f/1.5 is very, very good.
>I figure I'll mostly use it on the X-E1 as a 75mm equivalent portrait
>lens.
>
>http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/cv_test/
>
>Comments and questions are welcomed.
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>
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