Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True Richard. At a given distance (and out to about 1.1-1.2x that distance) the Nocti is easier to focus than the Summilux 75. Marty On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > That's not the entire story. It also depends on the distance to subject. > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Lluis Ripoll > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Wow! >> >> Thanks Marty...., maybe it would be better never know this ... >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> El 13/04/2011, a las 0:02, Marty Deveney escribi?: >> >> >> ?Yes, Lluis - the Nocti is definitely easier to focus than the Summilux >> 75. >>> >>> Marty >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Lluis Ripoll >>> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Really Frank? >>>> >>>> A Summilux 75 is more difficult to focus than a Nocti (both wide open) ? >>>> >>>> I've never tried a Nocti, I love the fine focusing of pictures I've saw >>>> from >>>> Steve, Rei and others, as well the creamy effect, and I usually >>>> discarded >>>> it >>>> from my thaughts thinking that it would be very difficult to focus, I >>>> use >>>> the Lux 75, it is not easy properly focus at 1.4 but not impossible. >>>> >>>> Saludos >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> El 11/04/2011, a las 14:35, Frank Dernie escribi?: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 11 Apr, 2011, at 12:41, Vick Ko wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ?Hello >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been playing with my DMR with the 80mm f1.4. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm finding it a lot more difficult to use and capture proper focus at >>>>>> f1.4 than I expected. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is the dof of an 80mm at f1.4 thinner than the dof of a 50mm at f1.4? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes, noticeably. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> And is this typical of what people found, using their rf 75mm >>>>>> Summiluxes >>>>>> - very difficult to capture proper focus? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> More difficult than a Noctilux, but not impossible. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I suppose it didn't help, trying to photograph a 7 month old boy, who >>>>>> doesn't quite understand sitting still yet ? :-) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Fast lenses wide open with children is a 1 in 50 strategy... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Vick >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Frank >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >