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 Summilux-R, wide open at 19.5inches, isn't for the faint heart either. Missing focus on a relevant area by even an 1/8 of an inch is usually disastrous. While many have maligned the 50 F1.4 in both R and M configurations, I have found them to be incredible performers. I've only had three to judge from, and maybe got good batches by luck. I just got a few rolls of Agfa Ultra back from the lab. I have feeling they've decided the fate of the Noctilux-M. I've heard, and read comments on Ultra's tendency to shift toward the yellow, at slight over exposures. I've yet to see that happen. I've been using it at ISO64, but I think that I will go to ISO50 to see if it still holds up. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux-M v. Summilux-R >Date: Fri, Dec 26, 2003, 10:40 AM > > I will be fascinated to see the images that result. My understanding is that > the Noctilux, for obvious reasons, is not corrected for close-up imagery. > Doesn't mean it can't be tried. It may produce very interesting results. And > if you think the depth of field is shallow at normal "available darkness" > range, wait till you see how razor-thin it will be at a few inches. > > Seth LaK 9 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 12:19 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Noctilux-M v. Summilux-R > > >> Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> > ... acquire a M-R adapter which would get you to the 12" range with the >> > Noctilux; of course you would have the discontinuity using an extension >> > tube. >> >> Don, have you tried this? I haven't done the math but I suspect the > additional body thickness of the R plus the thickness of the viso-to-R > adapter would give the Noct a maximum focus on the R body much closer than > 12". >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> -- >> 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html