Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You would be hard pressed to see a difference at f8, looking at the MTF. There is a very slight difference in colour balance though, due to the colour effect of the ultra high refractive index glass used in the Noctilux. Frank On 28 Jun, 2004, at 02:45, Walker Smith wrote: >> the Noctilux is not just a low light lens. > > I don't own one but I'm curious to know if there's a discernable > difference between the Noctilux at, say, f/8 and the 50mm Summicron at > f/8? Can the difference be readily seen... at any aperture? If not, > why would the Noctilux be only for certain situations and not for > general purpose? Unless it's substantially different, the only > complaint, I'd think, would be weight. Can someone enlighten me about > this? > > Walker > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >