Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/06

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Subject: [Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:35:15 -0700
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On Aug 6, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Jefffery Smith wrote:

> You have to take into account that everyone in the photos is 59  
> years old. ;-)
>
> Part of my enthusiasm is the dim lighting that was available to me  
> in many of them. There is a big difference between f/1.4 and f/1.1,  
> and many lesser lenses are soft wide open. I don't find the bokeh to  
> be bad. Anyway, I'm happy with it.


I suspect that this lens is  really terrific, on the list with among  
others, the Noctilux, the cron DR, the lux 50 1.4, the lux 50 1.4  
ASPH, and I am sure others will have their personal  favorites...

I wonder if any of us could tell the origin of photos from these  
lenses shot wide open, with the exception of the Noctilux...

Steve


>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> On Aug 5, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
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>>>> http://www.400tx.com/files/Hilltop/1.html
>>>>
>>>> They didn't need sharpening. This is a very sharp lens wide open.
>>>>
>>>> Jeffery
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeffrey I don't think in digital photography its a thing where  
>>> some lenses
>>> require sharpening and others do not because they're so sharp to  
>>> begin with.
>>> Sharpening is pretty much part of the process.
>>> Though people are saying its not needed with an M8 because of the  
>>> lack of
>>> anti aliasing pane of glass. No idea of that's true or not. I'm  
>>> guessing
>>> they'd still need some slight sharpening.
>>> At the size we're looking at it on the screen you cant really tell.
>>> It could be resized.
>>> But it looks real soft to me.
>>> If the eyelashes are sharp they are too small to see.
>>
>> I took a look Jeffery, expecting to be blown away...
>>
>> truth to tell Jeffery, the images that I see look quite fine...they  
>> should, they are jpegs that fill about 20% of my screen...
>> acceptable,  no more...not terribly impressive to me in any way,  
>> you really can't tell more...nor should you.
>>
>> Not better than a dozen other 50mm lenses shot wide open, by you  
>> and others over the years...my impression is if anything, I've seen  
>> better.
>>
>> This lens may be great, these images don't prove it.
>>
>> Sorry, personally I can't see it, I always wonder how a new lens  
>> would fare in a blinded taste test.
>>
>> Steve
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best,

Steve

steve.barbour at gmail.com










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