pig882009 Posted July 24, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 24, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am a new Leica user and currently owning a M9 and few leica lens. Recently, I am thinking acquire a Noctilux to experience its magical power that have been highly praised by other Leica user. But should I get a brand new (latest) Noctilux or a vintage Noc. In terms of photo quality, would the latest version exceed the old lens? Plase advise freely despite the price difference. thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jankap Posted July 24, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 24, 2011 Sorry, but would it make sense to invest money into the development of a product, that is worse in comparison to the previous version? Good, less production costs could be a reason, but in case of a product as a Noctilux is, the shop price does not play a large role. I don't have a Noctilux, but an ancient one has an f/stop of 1.0 as well, it will work for you. You could buy an ancient one first, just to see if you like it. I think, you can sell it to a collector later, without a great loss. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzX Posted July 24, 2011 Share #3 Posted July 24, 2011 I owned the old version a long time ago and used it on my M 6 , It had a wonderful bokeh and it was possible to produce really impressive shots with it with a impressive flair, esp. with open aperture. Partly reason of that was obviously, that the sum of not fully corrected minor lens imperfects. As a result of this, shots with shut down aperture where weaker than that with a Summicron. Leica has promised that the new Noct. is as good as a Summilux or Summicron with shut down aperture. Therefore,i f money is not the issue, I would prefer the new version. By the way, the Noct. is very voluminous, which was the reason for me to sell it some years later. Nowadays maybe a Summilux 50/1,4 FLE would be a better choice in some cases. Regards Heinz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted July 24, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 24, 2011 The old version was not as sharp wide open and suffered focus shift upon stopping down. If you compensated for the shift by turning the focus an empirically determined amount from the RF determined point, the results were as good as the summicron. If I wanted one, I would get the latest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted July 24, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 24, 2011 The old version was not as sharp wide open and suffered focus shift upon stopping down. If you compensated for the shift by turning the focus an empirically determined amount from the RF determined point, the results were as good as the summicron. If I wanted one, I would get the latest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig882009 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted July 25, 2011 thanks for all you advice. its very helpful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig882009 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted July 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) thanks for all you advice. its very helpful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted July 25, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 25, 2011 Depends on what you call "photo quality". I tried the "vintage" f/1.0 and the f/0.95 alongside for a while - mostly for family portraits. The former has more character IMO (you may want to call this "imperfections"), the latter is somewhat more precise and predictable. Guess which one I kept (hint: it's a Mandler design)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted July 25, 2011 Share #9 Posted July 25, 2011 Depends on what you call "photo quality". I tried the "vintage" f/1.0 and the f/0.95 alongside for a while - mostly for family portraits. The former has more character IMO (you may want to call this "imperfections"), the latter is somewhat more precise and predictable. Guess which one I kept (hint: it's a Mandler design)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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