Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris: I don't own either the Noct or the 50L, but I do shoot both EOS and Leica M. The advantage of the Noct is that it mounts on a camera that is so smooth that you can go at least one, and probably two stops slower and still make a sharp photograph. F 1.0 at 1/60 needs more light than f1.0 at a 1/15. Tom At 01:09 PM 4/26/98 +0000, you wrote: >D Khong wrote: > >> After acquiring this lens just a few months ago, I found that it has a >> personality of its own, able to produce pictures with a unique style, and I >> am in fact thrilled by the vignetting which I think is an artform in >> itself. So very often, I purposely open up the lens to f1.0-1.2 so that the >> vignetting is obvious. > >I'd love to know if this magical style is just due to f1.0 lenses >or if there is something special about the leica. > >I have a review of the Canon 50L here... >http://www.ans.com.au/~chrisb/photo/equipment/canon/50_1.html >and there are some pictures. Perhaps some Noctilux owners can >look at them to see if the effect is comparable or not. I'm not >sure if the quality of the web is good enough, but you can click >on the pictures to make them bigger. Hey, you won't see the >severe vignetting, but if you desperately want that you could put >the wrong lens hood on :-) > >-- >Chris Bitmead >http://www.ans.com.au/~chrisb >mailto:chrisb@ans.com.au > >Unix: You think it won't work, but if you find the right guru, >you can make it work. >Macintosh: You think it will work, but it won't. >PC/Windows: You think it won't work, and it won't. > > ================================== Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria