Little lake at 5.30 am today

[Saloti]

Leica M8, Noctilux, 1/8 sec., ISO 160

thanks for comments

[biglouis]

Absolutely beautiful, has an ethereal, dreamlike quality.

LouisB

[stuny]

Lothar -

Lovely, dreamy, peaceful.

[TONTONTINTIN.123]

Lothar, I agree with Louis and Stuart. I like it.

[carylwithay]

Beautiful. It looks like a watercolor painting.
Caryl

[wls.shanghai]

Lothar -

Great image -
I like it very much-

Regards
wls

[Saloti]

I thank you all for your kind comments!

It was one of these rainy, misty mornings, where I tended not to go
out. I went out....

[sharookh]

Absolutely beautiful, Lothar

[andym911]

Gorgeously calm......well done

andy

[Saloti]

thanks again to all of you. in the next months I will shoot the landscape from
a ballon, it looks so different, dramatic from up there........

[Artichoke]

Originally Posted by Saloti

I thank you all for your kind comments!

It was one of these rainy, misty mornings, where I tended not to go
out. I went out....

can make for grand photography
also it pays to get up with the sun
lovely & moody photograph
beautiful light

[Saloti]

Originally Posted by Artichoke

can make for grand photography
also it pays to get up with the sun
lovely & moody photograph
beautiful light

take off of the ballon will be 5.30 am.................
will share the ballon photos with you................

[fotografr]

Really lovely photography AND place. But, where is the focus shift on that Noctilux? Maybe you should link this photo to the discussion "upstairs" in the M8 forum about the rotten Noctilux.

[DES]

B E A U T I F U L !!!!!! Bet you are glad you got up.

[Saloti]

Originally Posted by fotografr

Really lovely photography AND place. But, where is the focus shift on that Noctilux? Maybe you should link this photo to the discussion "upstairs" in the M8 forum about the rotten Noctilux.

Brent, what do you mean by focus shift ? Do not understand.

[imported_marc]

Lothar,

I am impressed.

Marc

[fotografr]

Originally Posted by Saloti

Brent, what do you mean by focus shift ? Do not understand.

Lothar,

There has been a lot of discussion about the Noctilux with respect to problems people experience with it. It is said to be unsharp wide open, have front and back focus problems, and a pretty dramatic focus shift. What this means is that the lens might focus properly on an object with the aperture set at f/1.4 or 2.0. But when the lens is stopped down to, say, f/5.6, there is a shift and the focusing is no longer accurate.

I have owned two Noctilux lenses and have never had any of the problems mentioned. I love the lens and use it for assignment work very often. A couple of years ago I sold my first Noctilux after buying a 50mm Summilux ASPH because I figured it would be redundant to have both. I immediately realized my mistake and missed having the Noctilux so much that I bought another one two months later.

I could tell by the shutter speed you indicated with your post that you were using the Noctilux stopped down quite a bit, so my comment about the focus shift was just poking fun at those who say the lens isn't sharp at those apertures. Of course, they would answer that the increased depth of field negates the effect.

Ciao,
Brent

[Rona|d]

A picture like a painting!

[Saloti]

Originally Posted by fotografr

Lothar,

There has been a lot of discussion about the Noctilux with respect to problems people experience with it. It is said to be unsharp wide open, have front and back focus problems, and a pretty dramatic focus shift. What this means is that the lens might focus properly on an object with the aperture set at f/1.4 or 2.0. But when the lens is stopped down to, say, f/5.6, there is a shift and the focusing is no longer accurate.

I have owned two Noctilux lenses and have never had any of the problems mentioned. I love the lens and use it for assignment work very often. A couple of years ago I sold my first Noctilux after buying a 50mm Summilux ASPH because I figured it would be redundant to have both. I immediately realized my mistake and missed having the Noctilux so much that I bought another one two months later.

I could tell by the shutter speed you indicated with your post that you were using the Noctilux stopped down quite a bit, so my comment about the focus shift was just poking fun at those who say the lens isn't sharp at those apertures. Of course, they would answer that the increased depth of field negates the effect.

Ciao,
Brent

Brent,

I took the photo with f=8 or 11. When I worked on the picture in CS3,
zooming the picture, I discovered ducks swimming on the lake. I am shocked by the
sharpness of this lens!! So, you know, I am not a specialist, I just shoot photos,
have only one 50mm lens, which is Noctilux (apart from Tri-Elmar 28-35-50), and this
bloody lens is better than everybody's eyes. So, I am happy and will not jump into the
Noctilux thread, which apparently is a specialist-thread.

Thanks for these precisions!

[roguewave]

Originally Posted by carylwithay

Beautiful. It looks like a watercolor painting.
Caryl

Also my sentiments.