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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

 

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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. ;)

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