[Leica] About the Noctilux

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Those are gorgeous images, Tina. And yet, over the years, you and I have
both seen similar sorts of images shot by photographers who, like you, knew
what they were doing, that were shot using 1.4 Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Zeiss,
Olympus, and, yes, Leica ( ;-) ) lenses. I would suggest that most times
when it's impossible to get the shot without a lens faster than 1.4 - and I
stress most - the overall lighting is just so damn low and flat that even
with a Super Lens the resulting photo is just muddy and flat. Most - stress
on most again - of the time when there are splashes of light in the dark, as
in your photos, 1.4 will do the trick. But of course there are, admittedly,
those couple times a year that fall outside the mostness, and then it's have
faster glass or miss the shot. :-)


On 3/25/06 11:18 AM, "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote:

> At 08:59 AM 3/25/2006, you wrote:
>> Hi:
>> 
>> I'm just curious what the fuss is all about concerning the Noctilux.
>> Big, pricey and seemingly flawed. The difference between 1.4 and 1.0
>> cannot be worth the sacrifice in quality, is it?
>> 
>> Walt
> 
> 
> Walt -  There are times when only the Noctilux will get the
> photo.  I've been in many situations when, even using TMax 3200, and
> shooting with the Noctilux at 1.0, I had to brace against something
> or use a monopod to get the photo in the dark.  Here are some:
> 
> http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/ordinand.htm
> http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/amilcar.htm
> http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/weldi.htm
> http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/maria.htm
> 
> All made with the Noctilux and I couldn't have gotten them at 1.4.
> 
> Tina
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
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