sm23221 Posted April 5, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 5, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm going to the Netherlands for a 2 week vacation, in particular Amsterdam, Bruges etc. Has anyone only traveled with a M9 (or other M camera) and a Noctilux? I'm vacillating about leaving my 28/2 and 90/2 at home to lighten the load (I won't leave them in the hotel room). Bad idea? I appreciate your opinions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marknorton Posted April 5, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 5, 2010 Bad idea, IMHO. All depends on your style of photography of course and you don't say whether you have the old or new lens, but even the new Noctilux does not make a great general purpose travel lens; too big, too heavy, too obtrusive, not wide enough. You'll also quickly tire of the extreme focussing precision required since you'll be shooting wide open all the time because otherwise, What Is The Point? Plus, since you've obviously heard that everyone in Europe will rob you blind at the first opportunity, walking around with that lens will provide too much temptation to those drug-fuelled low-lifes you saw on the Discovery Channel who really do know their Noctiluxes from their Summiluxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maddoc2003jp Posted April 5, 2010 Share #3 Posted April 5, 2010 I have done so, a couple of times, brought only a Leica M4-P and the Noctilux 50/1.0. If you like 50mm (it is my preferred focal length) then you have anything what you will ever need. It is perfect stopped down during day-time and useful for the occasional shots after dusk and in dark places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 5, 2010 Share #4 Posted April 5, 2010 Lenses are designed to be used, not left at home. Bring all you have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted April 5, 2010 Share #5 Posted April 5, 2010 If I did that, I would need a wheelbarrow. If 50mm is your thing, then the current Summilux ASPH is a wonderlens which bulks and weights half of what a .95 Nocti does. And you don't need that lens for speed, now when Kodachrome 25 is gone. The old man from the Age When Tri-X Was 200 ASA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted April 5, 2010 Share #6 Posted April 5, 2010 Lars? Kodachrome 25? Whatever happened to the original Kodachrome, ASA 10? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 5, 2010 Share #7 Posted April 5, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) By the way, Bruges is not in the Netherlands ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 5, 2010 Share #8 Posted April 5, 2010 I'm going to the Netherlands for a 2 week vacation, in particular Amsterdam, Bruges etc. Has anyone only traveled with a M9 (or other M camera) and a Noctilux? I'm vacillating about leaving my 28/2 and 90/2 at home to lighten the load (I won't leave them in the hotel room). Bad idea? I appreciate your opinions. Brugge (as the locals call it) has been a favourite spring-break destination for me for several years. My experience has been that the narrow streets of the old town often need a wide-angle lens. Leaving your wide-angle lens at home would be a mistake when visiting any old European town or city, in my opinion. Brugge is a great town to walk around after dark, so your Noctilux will really come into its own at such times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertekijker Posted April 5, 2010 Share #9 Posted April 5, 2010 By the way, Bruges is not in the Netherlands ... But Brugge /Bruges is part of the 'Southern Netherlands' - historically north and south have been together longer than they were separate. -------------- F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted April 5, 2010 Share #10 Posted April 5, 2010 I'm going to the Netherlands for a 2 week vacation, in particular Amsterdam, Bruges etc. Has anyone only traveled with a M9 (or other M camera) and a Noctilux? I'm vacillating about leaving my 28/2 and 90/2 at home to lighten the load (I won't leave them in the hotel room). Bad idea? I appreciate your opinions. I often travel with one lens and a 50mm is the perfect one lens angle of view for me. I found that the Noctilux travels better with a grip and wrist strap. Right now I only have Noctilux and Elmar but I would agree Summilux is probably the best all round 50mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redridge Posted April 5, 2010 Share #11 Posted April 5, 2010 No doubt, 50mm is a very flexible lense.... great for street photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted April 5, 2010 Leaving your wide-angle lens at home would be a mistake when visiting any old European town or city, in my opinion. Brugge is a great town to walk around after dark, so your Noctilux will really come into its own at such times. Which is better: 21mm or 28mm? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted April 5, 2010 Share #13 Posted April 5, 2010 Which is better: 21mm or 28mm? The most natural coupling is 50+28mm. The leap to 21mm takes in ridiculous amounts of acreage. Also, a 21 must be handled with a lot more care than a 28 to avoid unexpected perspectival effects, so it is slower to use. The old man from the Age of the Contax Biogon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 5, 2010 Share #14 Posted April 5, 2010 Agreed with Lars, take the 28 and a 50 (and if it were me, it would be a 50 cron or lux, not a Nocti). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share #15 Posted April 5, 2010 I'm leaning toward the 28 and Nocti. Can't go without the Nocti - the Cron or Lux won't do 0.95 (my style). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted April 5, 2010 Share #16 Posted April 5, 2010 I'm leaning toward the 28 and Nocti. Can't go without the Nocti - the Cron or Lux won't do 0.95 (my style). Obviously the 28 doesn't do 0.95 either ("your style") so I'd stick to the Noctilux. I agree with Brett. Nothing wrong with travelling with just a 50. This idea that you must have a wide lens to do old European towns is camera club mentality. Unless I'm being paid I very rarely go out with more than one lens (and never with more than two). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted April 5, 2010 Share #17 Posted April 5, 2010 I also agree with Brett about the Noct needing a grip and wrist strap if you're carrying it around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share #18 Posted April 5, 2010 I also agree with Brett about the Noct needing a grip and wrist strap if you're carrying it around. I use both. The wrist strap helps with theft and the possiblity of dropping the M9/Nocti combo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AgXlove Posted April 5, 2010 Share #19 Posted April 5, 2010 I'd take the 28 and Noctilux, if it were me. The 28 is light in weight and with a 28 and 50 combo, you can cover alot of photographic ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemal_mumcu Posted April 6, 2010 Share #20 Posted April 6, 2010 I have a quick question now that we're on the subject: What's it like to carry an M + Noct combo around during the day when it's strapped around your neck? Does the weight of the lens force the front of the unit down? I've noticed this action before with lenses much lighter than the noct and it tends to annoy me. Lately I've taken to having the camera around my neck instead of over my shoulder but a dipping lens on the M makes this uncomfortable. By the way, take just the Noct and you'll have a one unit wonder. Everyone knows that you take better pictures when you only have one lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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