New Noctilux page about all six types 1966-2010 at overgaard.dk

[Overgaard]

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Well, there's "King of Bokeh" (35/2 version IV) and "King of the Night" (Noctilux). Much better than "Chancellor of the Night" (as the germans has no royal family). Personally I like the "Light of the Night" better which is the original meaning of Noctilux. "King of the Night" and the stuff about seeing better than the human eye is bit of a marketing add-on (the human eye is around f/2.4-2.8).

 

Queen originally means "woman" (Greek origin), whereas King derives back to "to pay" (to the ruler or next of kin). So perhaps in this relation, King is more appropriate if it has to be one of the two.

 

But a "Queen of [something]" would be nice.

[Overgaard]

Thorsten,

I believe that tne Noctilux 1.2 was designed by Prof. Helmut Marx.

Cheers,

Ario

 

That was corrected. Thanks for the info. I've also added a link to the article in LFI about Noctilux and where he is credited for that lens.

[rosuna]

"King of the Night" and the stuff about seeing better than the human eye is bit of a marketing add-on (the human eye is around f/2.4-2.8).

 

Yes but, what is the ISO of the human eye?

[Overgaard]

Yes but, what is the ISO of the human eye?

 

ISO 100 I would guess, but I really don't know

 

Someone must be knowledgeable in this.

[barcoder]

A single eye as a camera system would be a 576 megapixel camera capable of ISO 1 to 800 with an attached 22mm lens with an aperture of f/2.1 to f/8.3.

 

If the internet is true. :-)

[rosuna]

Thorsten, you said Dann's Diner is the Pulp Fiction's location dinner, but the real name is Pann's Restaurant, near of LA airport, 6710 La Tijera Blvd, Los Angeles.

 

The human eye has a very wide angle of view, but most of that angle is just peripheral view:

 

Do Sensors “Outresolve” Lenses?

 

The human eye is more like a zoom. You can regulate the angle with good definition by means of a scanning procedure. The wider the covered angle, the less detail you get.

 

The ISO depends on brain adjustments, angle covered, detail, and it is difficult to set a range.

[Overgaard]

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Thorsten, you said Dann's Diner is the Pulp Fiction's location dinner, but the real name is Pann's Restaurant, near of LA airport, 6710 La Tijera Blvd, Los Angeles.

 

Thanks, will get this corrected. Rather confusing because there was a Dann's Diner huge neon sign by Hollywood Frw 1 every time I drove by - and I wondered if they had started a chain. So now I know I just got it wrong, thanks ;-)

[earleygallery]

Any news on this ? http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/113540-human-rights-photo-competition-gallery.html

[Overgaard]

Thanks for asking, yes it's coming to a close and will be announced shortly with a winners gallery.

[coup de foudre]

i'm reviving this thread to see if anybody can help me solve the mystery of my lens...

 

in Thorsten's article he states:

The 1975-2008 Noctilux f/1.0 era is divided into four designs of the exterior of the lens though the lens design itself remains the same (though a rumor has it that the first lenses were of a different type of glass)

 

i have an E58 f/1, serial number 274XXXX which, according to most sources i can find, was actually made in 1975 (before the official f/1 was announced).

 

i have always felt my lens is a little different than most f/1s out there, most notably in the odd-shaped specular highlights (is that the right word?). i'm speaking about highlights if you are photographing lights in the distance where your focus is closer. by odd, i mean almost egg-shape with slight edges, sometimes with a crackle effect, not the usual round.

 

i'm asking, i guess, because i've never seen it anyone's photos but my own. am i alone in this or have i just not looked hard enough?

 

thank you in advance,

cam

[leicanut2]

Interesting read, Thanks

 

 

Jan

[Overgaard]

i'm reviving this thread to see if anybody can help me solve the mystery of my lens...

 

in Thorsten's article he states:

 

 

i have an E58 f/1, serial number 274XXXX which, according to most sources i can find, was actually made in 1975 (before the official f/1 was announced).

 

i have always felt my lens is a little different than most f/1s out there, most notably in the odd-shaped specular highlights (is that the right word?). i'm speaking about highlights if you are photographing lights in the distance where your focus is closer. by odd, i mean almost egg-shape with slight edges, sometimes with a crackle effect, not the usual round.

 

i'm asking, i guess, because i've never seen it anyone's photos but my own. am i alone in this or have i just not looked hard enough?

 

thank you in advance,

cam

 

Perhaps someone can fill in on this. There was a speech for LHSA at Leica by Peter Karbe where he gave the reasons for changing from the original Noctilux to the f/1.0, whihc I remember as sizes and production price, and perhaps more than that.

 

But as part of that, and that is NOT a fact that I remember clearly or anything, but it would make sense to me if the glass was another quality (perhaps the old one) in the beginning. Perhaps someone know and can fill in.

 

Though from what you explain, it sounds more like the aperture is oval rather than round. How does it look when you look through the lens (moving from fully open to f/8; what happens to the shape of the aperture?)

 

The highlights will usually (or always) be the shape of the aperture. So at fully open the highlights should be round and with no sign of edges. When stepped down a bit you will get "stop sign" edges with a number of edges depending on how many blades the aperture ring is made of, and then stepping down more the aperture ring might be nice and round again. Simply look through the lens and step down and look at the pattern of the aperture.