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Best in "M mount lenses up fo f/1" class for wide open performance. This well-corrected night owl in M mount which delivers superior performance - higher than any 50 Noctilux by Leica - is surprisingly easy to focus and to nail the subject wide open due to its generous focus throw. The lens' form factor strongly resembles Canon 50mm f/0.95 "Dream Lens", but is a "new age new me, perfected and improved" version of this unrelated classic - a completely newly developed standard lens of only 484g and equipped with double-sided aspherical element and a newly perfected grinding aspherical front element, according to Cosina. A joy to use wide open, the Nokton 50/1.0 sets its own standard in ultra fast M mount lenses. Unfortunately, there are heavy sample variations of the Nokton 50/1.0. A perfect copy should be intensely sharp, well centered and beautiful even wide open, with some price to pay in the CA department under certain conditions (not even the much more expensive Noctiluxes are immune to that). THIS IS A THREAD FOR YOUR VOIGTLANDER NOKTON 50/1.0 PHOTOS. Preferrably wide open, but any f-stop will do. Write the aperture and camera used. Thank you for your contributions.
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From Thorsten Overgaard comes a newly revised and comprehensive article on the 50mm Noctilux lens family, along with some interesting photographs that illustrate the capabilities of the three versions of the 50mm Noctulixes. -
The following review of the Canon 50mm f/1.0 lens brands it as "wholly impractical" which is a label I would expect the reviewer to also hang on any of the Leica Noctilux M lenses; but is this an accurate assessment of the 50mm f/1.0 lens as a whole - regardless of who makes it? I suppose that depends on how one defines the term "wholly impractical." If that definition hinges on price, there are a lot of lenses and cameras out there that the reviewer would also brand as "wholly impractical." A 50/1.0 lens is capable of more than shooting at maximum aperture. A lens that offers f/1.0 or f/0.95 is a specialized lens; it offers the image maker choices that are not available with slower 50 mm lenses. Yes, any 50/1.0 (or 0.95) lens is big, heavy and costly; that's a given. But specialized is not tantamount to impractical IMHO. Thoughts?
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From our friends at Camera West, here's an interesting read and video about the f/1.0 Noctilux. The Leica 50mm f/1 Noctilux-M - Is this the Most Legendary Leica Lens? https://www.leicastoresf.com/blog/thumb-prints-signatures-the-leica-50mm-f1-noctilux-m?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=221236051&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_GOLt_QsXgfL8N3mp04orsT7qNArSqSwAPqhRk9-Qto7S7o9eS1T9ImIrWdFaCPeLfYp7T4c_ZhCWcuwv9fiDNvVvmAw&utm_content=221238214&utm_source=hs_email
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First series of street portraits, shot in June 2011. I shot a similar series of portraits in Derby earlier this year, for the Magnum Workshop with Bruce Gilden. I've tried to continue this series, this time in NY. I feel that I need to add bit more characters, so I plan on coming back to wrap up this series, hopefully with a bit more varied set as a result. But, for now, here's a selection of the portraits I shot this year: (M9 / Noctilux f/1.0)
