Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People seem to get a great warm and fuzzy joy from putting wonderful
limitations on the Noctilux that they get from other list writers they can
find with a search and pass on or coming up with their own from thin air:
Only designed to be shot wide open. Don?t stop it down!
Shoot it any f stop you want to it all comes out great
Only good at night, that?s what its designed for.
Works great any hour of the day or night.
Very difficult to get in focus.
It's very good at nailing focus with a Leica rangefinder camera it
was designed to shoot with and I've heard no complaints on shooting it with
a mirrorless. I'm sure adapted to an SLR itwould be good too.
In general NOT a general purpose lens but a special purpose lens.
Use it for everything, all the time.
It has a disturbing out of focus background bokeh. Swirly etc.
The out of focus background, bokeh is the reason why many people get
the lens in the first place. It's every smooth and non distracting*
It blocks part of the viewfinder and does not focus as close as the other
Leica M glass making it impossible to shoot with.
It just works.
It cost too much money.
You only have to pay for it once.
* To me a side issue for getting fast glass is the subject isolation issue.
The reason why you buy a fast lens should be to shoot fast pictures. Capture
the action. Be able to shoot in less light.
--
Mark William Rabiner
Photographer
?On 2/19/20, 12:40 PM, "LUG on behalf of Ted Grant via LUG"
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at
leica-users.org> wrote:
NOPE!
THE LEICA NOCTILUX F 1.0 IS MADE FOR EVERY SUBJECT THIS PHOTOJOURNALIST
has
worked on!
A FEW USES BY MYSELF OVER THE YEARS!!!!
1: FALL CATTLE ROUND-UP'S ON RANCHES IN
(Alberta CANADA,) WHILE RIDING HORSE BACK:
2: auto manufacturing-vehicle assembly:WINDSOR- CAN:
3: medical operations in hospital O.R.'s:
OTTAWA- TORONTO-VICTORIA
4: babies born (90 some)VICTORIA-OTTAWA
and THREE COFFEE-TABLE SIZE MEDICAL BOOKS PUBLISHED!
AND THAT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE FULL NUMBER OF NOCTILUX USES I HAVE
EXPERIENCED!!! AND THOSE YET TO COME????? IF YOU CAN SEE IT? YOU CAN
SHOOT
IT WITH A NOCTILUX LENS!!! PROVIDING YOU DON'T REQUIRE A 400MM TELE!!!!!!
;-)
CHEERS,
Dr.Ted GRANT O.C.
-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
Behalf Of
Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG
Sent: February-18-20 6:59 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Cc: Jayanand Govindaraj
Subject: Re: [Leica] Portraits with the Noctilux
The Noctilux seems made for portraits. Shots like this start an
irrational
urge in me to try and acquire the Noct Nikkor 58mm f0.95 for the Nikon Z
system - Nikon have stopped even taking new names on the waiting list for
it, the strong demand was so unexpected. Unfortunately, none of the
outfits
who hire equipment here go anywhere near stocking Leica lenses.....
Cheers
Jayanand)))))))))))))))
OH YYEA 2 WARS!!!! 6 DAY WAR 1967
VIETNAM 1968
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 5:58 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at
leica-users.org>
wrote:
> My friend Diana, Leica Monochrom CCD, Noctilux f 1 III wide open:
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/20200214_L1020405.jpg.html
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/20200213_L1020137.jpg.html
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> Thanks for looking, your c& are welcome
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> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
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