Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Noctilus at f/1.0, closer than one meter, has but a millimeter or less of DOF. That would be difficult to deal with using a RF camera since you cannot see the exact plane of focus. JB At 08:47 AM 12/26/2003 -0800, you wrote: >I'm really at a loss here. I like the signature of the Noctilux, but I just >can't get past the fact that it doesn't focus closer than a meter. To me, >that just about makes it a landscape lens. Now with the Summilux-R I can get >very close in, and with an Elpro, even do a skin pore survey. That close in, >issues of Boke become irrelevant, especially when dealing with facial >structures. >Which brings me to the point of whether to sell off, or not, the Noctilux-M. >Since whenever I know I need a wide open portrait shot, I'll automatically >take the R mit 'Lux attached. And, with speeds up to 1/8000, I can shoot >wide open even in sun light. Truly a quandary! >Slobodan Dimitrov >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html