Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]to stay on the subject, i did buy the nokton 1.1 and shot with it for a wheil, i was not happy with it and sold it there r a lot of nice shots on the web with the nokton for me it was not consistent. i do have the 35 1.2 and love it a lot. back on the topic one is big and heavy, the other light and small. i have both and usually pick up a 35!! On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > I have only the 50 Summicron, would love to have either or both the > Noctilux or Summilux, but they are not within my budget at this time, or > probably the near or far future. If I have to shoot in the dark, I just > set it at f 2.0 and do my best using any conveineint support I can find. > Works for me at this time, until i can afford the others. > > Cheers, > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw at archiphoto.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:22:59 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 ASPH 'lux AND Nocti users... > > I have both and probably the ratio is 2/1 Summilux/Noctilux. > > The Summilux never disappoints, but the Noctilux often adds something (a > variety of aberrations, to be exact) that make a picture more interesting. > And sometimes, f/1 dof is more interesting than f/1.4 dof. BTW, the Nokton > f/1.1 rendering rather disappoints me; it's too much like that of the > f/1.5. It certainly is no Noctilux. In fact, as a gross comparison, the > 50/1.1 is to the Noctilux f/1 like the Nokton f/1.5 is to the pre-asph > Summilux 50. That's not exactly true, of course but in terms of rendering > it comes close. > > Henning > > > On 2012-01-25, at 1:00 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > > I have no fight in this, but a small number of luggers have both the > 50'lux > > ASPH and a Noctilux. > > > > Judging from my own preference, the ASPH 'lux comes out just about every > > single time when I use a 50. Like I said, if my Notic-wanna-be, the > Nokton > > 1.1, isn't so inexpensive by Leica standard, I wouldn't have gotten it. > > > > So any owner of both lens actually use the Nocti as often or more often > > than the 'lux ASPH? > > > > I know a number of you have many 50mm lens. Not sure exactly how to count > > those uses.. > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad