Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/05

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Subject: [Leica] First shots with the Noctilux
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:51:48 -0700
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That's too bad as the original Noctilux formulation was one of the most 
flare proof pieces of glass I have ever handled.

John

On 2011-03-02, at 2:49 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:

> I tested one on the M9 and film in 2009.  As I posted somewhere else,
> the 0.95 has much more contrast, flatter field, less vignetting, much
> less focus shift but much more flare.
> 
> Stopped down it's even better than the 50/1.4 asph, but the higher
> flare killed any temptation for me.
In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] First shots with the Noctilux)
Message from leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson) ([Leica] First shots with the Noctilux)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] First shots with the Noctilux)