Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, now is there someone out there who has a Noctilux and Summilux (if so please explain your thinking, source of income, address for begging letters etc!) A straight comparison of the same image under identical lighting but at f/1 and f/1.4 on the Noctilux and f/1.4 on the Summilux would be interesting to see and, as you say, the viewing would say more than the technical analysis. Simon Dan Honemann wrote: > > I don't mean in terms of resolution and contrast, so much, but in terms of > that dreamy signature that the Noct has... hard to put a term to it. I > think it has much to do with the bokeh, though, and the way it pulls details > out of shadows. I wonder if the Lux can match it there. > > I've seen some of the same characteristics from my 75 summilux. I love this > lens for that reason. But it's nothing that would show up on Erwin's site. > I'm not sure it can be measured in any objective, quantifiable way. But it > can be demonstrated. Here a picture is truly worth a thousand words.