Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Howard wrote: > Ted Grant wrote, in part: > > > And if a guy owns one and doesn't like the vignetting > > there is a very simple answer....Sell the lens and buy a slower one without > > vignetting. > > Actually, there are three other options too, but they probably all constitue > heresy: > > (1) Use a radially graded neutral density filter. LF shooters will > feel right at home with this. > > (2) Use contrast control (burning/dodging) techniques during printing. > > (3) <gasp> Crop. > > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard Martin, they don't constitute heresy, but they seem to have some disadvantages. Number 1: when using radially graded neutral density filters, you loose the advantage of the large opening of the Noctilux. Number 2: This is still not the same as a print without vignetting. Number 3: You mean to say: "Include more of the subject then necessary". So you can crop it later? " Hmmm?" I don't think , and I can speak with some authority, because I owe one. - A Noctilux, that is.- The vignetting is really nothing to worry about. Actually I hardly notice it. Some people make it sound like there is a great big black circle surrounding the print. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Noctilux is a superb lens It just shits on anything any other manufacturer has ever produced for range finder cameras in this size. I have a Cannon 1.2 and I saw prints made with the Cannon F.95. There is no comparison. None!! Regards Horst Schmidt