Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]strange you say that. I had a 50 f1.5 Nokton for a while but sold it bgecause of the awful boke (as did another person I know) It was perhaps a touch sharper than the pre-asph summilux in the corners, but not the center. It was nowhere near the latest 50mm f1.4 asph. Not even close. Frank --- On Thu, 28/5/09, Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> wrote: > From: Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] the new Noctilux 0.95 ASPH ...a blog > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thursday, 28 May, 2009, 2:30 AM > I might be wrong but I think the > 50/1.1 has almost the same optical formula as the outgoing > Noctilux f1, and Abrahamsson reports it as being even better > (wide open, sharper with less vignetting). > > Personally have had very good experiences with the current > 50/1.5 Nokton ASPH if that's anything to go by; shot side by > side against the 50 lux asph, there's a bit of difference in > sharpness wide open, but by f2 it's pretty much even > stevens. The rendering actually reminds me of the older > pre-asph 50 lux I tried once. > > Anyway, I have a 50/1.1 reserved in the first batch - my > dealer tells me two weeks or so - I'll put it through its > paces and post my thoughts and samples here. > > Ming > > On May 28, 2009, at 9:14 AM, mehrdad wrote: > > > at 1.1k the nokton is quite interesting and now > everybody could come close > > to affording a fast lens. i will wait and see what the > test results and user > > opinions before i buy one, the last two cosina lenses > (28/2 and 35/1.4) have > > not been viewed so favorably > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists at > > gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> I am looking forward to the Nokton, on a proper > Leica FULL Frame body, like > >> Mark likes to say :-) > >> > >> Scrolling lower on the blog - look at the size of > the S2 comparing to the > >> D3!!! > >> > >> > >> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Steve Barbour > <kididdoc at cox.net> > wrote: > >> > >>> http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/ > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > >> // w: http://www.rfman.com > >> // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >> > > > > > > > > -- ------------------------------------- > >? regards, mehrdad > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > THEIN Onn Ming > *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com > www.flickr.com/mingthein > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information >