Noctilux for the S007

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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Guys

When do you think Leica will come out with a Noctilux for the S system............I really liked the look of the Noctilux and hopefully Leica will make one for the S.

 

Neil

[John McMaster]

Somewhat unlikely given they haven't even made a Summilux yet. The DoF for a given aperture is smaller on the S range so less need for a Noctilux from that viewpoint, also the CA in the asph lens would probably not be accepted for the S range ;-)

 

john

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[albertknappmd]

The closest you will ever see is the 100mm f/2... 

Albert     

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

The closest you will ever see is the 100mm f/2... 

Albert     

 

I tried that lens albert and didn't like it.............. I preferred the 120mm

[jip]

Contax 645 80mm F2  

[jip]

I tried that lens albert and didn't like it.............. I preferred the 120mm

 

You prefer the 120 because its 'better' than the 100 F2, this would also mean you would not like a Noctilux, since the Noctilux has a lot of flaws I hate about it.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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You prefer the 120 because its 'better' than the 100 F2, this would also mean you would not like a Noctilux, since the Noctilux has a lot of flaws I hate about it.

But if the summerlux was a 135 then it would be impossibility to use with a adaptation

[John McMaster]

But if the summerlux was a 135 then it would be impossibility to use with a adaptation

 

I have tried to understand that in various ways (even allowing for errors) and none of them make sense......

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

You prefer the 120 because its 'better' than the 100 F2,

I didn't say that..................what I sad was that I preferred it to the 100mm f2 lens

On another note the Noctilux 0.75 is an amazing lens, and the only lens that I wish I had not sold :(  

[John McMaster]

Not surprising even if you had that rare lens rather than the 0.95 us lessers have ;-)

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Not surprising even if you had that rare lens rather than the 0.95 us lessers have ;-)

 

john

typo mate typo. 0.95

[hoppyman]

wishing for a Noctilux S 70???? I can't even image, how big, expensive and difficult it would be to nail focus!
I tried the Summicron S 100 briefly at minimum focus distance and wide open. Get the focus right on the eye catchlight (I think I got it nearly right in one of 7) and the eyelashes are perceptibly softer

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247391-studio-portraits-s-cameras/page-5 #82

[Jeff S]

Neil, you may now be a medium format guy, but you're still living in a 35mm world.  There are tradeoffs.

 

Jeff

[Sandokan]

Zeiss 110/2? Has less DoF on 6x6 than the Noctilux on 24x36

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Neil, you may now be a medium format guy, but you're still living in a 35mm world.  There are tradeoffs.

 

Jeff

 

Maybe so but, that doesn't mean to say that I can't have a preference.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

wishing for a Noctilux S 70???? I can't even image, how big, expensive and difficult it would be to nail focus!

I tried the Summicron S 100 briefly at minimum focus distance and wide open. Get the focus right on the eye catchlight (I think I got it nearly right in one of 7) and the eyelashes are perceptibly softer

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247391-studio-portraits-s-cameras/page-5 #82

 

David

When I had the Noctilux and used it on a 240 it was my go to lens, I used it for everything, including long exposures, Panoramas and head jobs. Just because it had a aperture of 0.95 didn't mean to say that it had to be shot at 0.95. I just liked the rendering of the lens and most of the time didn't shoot it fully open.

[John McMaster]

If you shot it most of the time stopped down (i.e. not fully open), my choice would have been the 50mm Summicron APO Asph...

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

If you shot it most of the time stopped down (i.e. not fully open), my choice would have been the 50mm Summicron APO Asph...

 

john

 

I was going to buy one of those but I met medium Format and changed my mind :)  

[RVB]

If you shot it most of the time stopped down (i.e. not fully open), my choice would have been the 50mm Summicron APO Asph...

 

john

 

Thats an fantastic lens and even more so considering the small size and low weight!! 

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[Jeff S]

Maybe so but, that doesn't mean to say that I can't have a preference.

 

Sure, but then you need a camera system to implement that preference, which in this case would not be medium format.  You really want an M, too, but just don't want to admit it (or maybe you're still learning the tradeoffs between MF and 35mm).  

 

Jeff

Edited November 24, 2016 by Jeff S