jbl Posted March 23, 2014 Share #1 Â Posted March 23, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anyone actually ever used one of these things? Â Would love to hear experiences, Â -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Hi jbl, Take a look here 1.2 noctilux. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
topoxforddoc Posted March 23, 2014 Share #2 Â Posted March 23, 2014 If you have one, sell it and retire! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share #3 Â Posted March 23, 2014 I wish... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 23, 2014 Share #4 Â Posted March 23, 2014 If you have one, sell it and retire! Â There's one on eBay for $18,500. How long do you envision retirement? Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torgian Posted March 23, 2014 Share #5 Â Posted March 23, 2014 I don't know about retirement, but I'd sure travel a lot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted March 23, 2014 Share #6  Posted March 23, 2014 There's one on eBay for $18,500. How long do you envision retirement? Jeff  There is also one in the buy and sell section here. Only €15000.  So they are quite common really..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 23, 2014 Share #7 Â Posted March 23, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I HAD one, bought in 1985 in Italian Liras of the era...equivalent to about 750 Euros (but it had not the hood, nor the box...)... and sold it less than 1 year after, at the same price... . used it on a M2... very few times at 1,2... at normal apertures was no better than a Summicron (and I had an old one) and much more bulky.... than bought a Summilux dated 1962, which still have and use, and like more : of course, as a collector I have strong reasons to regret... as a user, no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted March 23, 2014 Share #8 Â Posted March 23, 2014 What could have been... In 1969 I looked at one on display in Altman's camera in Chicago, for sale at something like $675. But as a new engineering graduate at my first job, facing the army draft, I passed it by, uncertain of the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share #9  Posted April 26, 2014 Historical question here… The lens is listed as both taking Series VIII filters but also E48. What’s the reason for the two types? The Series VIII goes in the lens hood, the E48 screws onto the front of the lens. I know 48mm is a weird filter size, but maybe it wasn’t in the 1960’s?  Just curious.  -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted April 26, 2014 Share #10 Â Posted April 26, 2014 Filter size M48 x 0.75 mm , common at that time, for Leitz: some LTM, M and R lenses used this size: Super-Angulon-M 3.4/21, early Elmarit-M/R 2.8/28, , some Elmarit-R 2.8/35, early Summicron-R 2/35, Summilux-R 1.4/50, some Summicron-M 2/90 Â even Canon use this size for LTM 1.4/50 Â Â Arnaud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 26, 2014 Share #11 Â Posted April 26, 2014 Not so uncommon at those times : also other Leitz lenses had this dual possibility : a normal thread on the front, but also a hood divisible in two parts (12503, for the Noctilux), between which one could insert the "series" filter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ansel_Adams Posted April 27, 2014 Share #12  Posted April 27, 2014 Has anyone actually ever used one of these things? Would love to hear experiences,  -jbl  Yes, its nothing special in terms of its physical attributes. Big, black, metal. Takes a bit of work to use - not the fastest lens to focus in the world... Most will be in need of a service by now.  Interesting comparison here:  noctilux 1.2 | STEVE HUFF PHOTOS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ansel_Adams Posted April 27, 2014 Share #13 Â Posted April 27, 2014 p.s. It is the Holy Grail as far as Leica lenses go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted April 27, 2014 Share #14  Posted April 27, 2014 Yes, its nothing special in terms of its physical attributes. Big, black, metal. Takes a bit of work to use - not the fastest lens to focus in the world... Most will be in need of a service by now. Interesting comparison here:  noctilux 1.2 | STEVE HUFF PHOTOS I agree. Nothing special IMHO and the f1.0 is a bit more interesting.  I was fortunate enough when I bought my f1.2 Noctilux for $US880.00 in 1998 ( no box, no caps) and sold it to a collector who had sourced the box etc. I liked my Konica 50/1.2 better and left it after I have sold all my Noctilux lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Lord Posted April 27, 2014 Share #15 Â Posted April 27, 2014 Didn't they have to hand make the lenses in a process that took so long and resulted in many that were good only for the bin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted April 27, 2014 Share #16 Â Posted April 27, 2014 Didn't they have to hand make the lenses in a process that took so long and resulted in many that were good only for the bin? It seems so or at least, hand controlled machined (?). About that, I always wondered why Leica would use the same technic (if so) for the Summilux Aspherical around 20 years later. Curious as production technics probably have improved since the Nocti 1.2 Â Anyway, apparently I am the only one enjoying using my Noctilux 1.2 here. Don't know... I like how it behaves. I actually use it like eveyday, always mounted on my M3. Currently marrying it with Neopan 1600. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share #17  Posted April 27, 2014 Anyway, apparently I am the only one enjoying using my Noctilux 1.2 here.Don't know... I like how it behaves. I actually use it like eveyday, always mounted on my M3. Currently marrying it with Neopan 1600.  No, you’re not the only one :-). I’m enjoying mine too, though I only recently got it. It’s an interesting lens and I definitely like it. It’s different than the other two in its own way.  So you have one, I have one, Seal has one, there are about 5 on eBay right now, so that accounts for 8 of around the 1500 made. :-).  -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derleicaman Posted May 6, 2014 Share #18 Â Posted May 6, 2014 Stay tuned to LHSA Viewfinder 47/2, which is due out in the next few weeks. I compared all three Noctilux lenses at to Bokeh rendering, along with over twenty other lenses. The title of the article is "Bokeh Kings". All of the lenses were tested under identical conditions with a still life subject. The test subject also included out-of-focus point light sources and 3D subject matter in the plane of focus as well as OOF foreground and background subjects. We also tested lenses such as the Xenon, Summarit, Summilux, Summarex and Thambar. Our reuslts show both wide-open and two stops down performance of the lenses. This was a unique and rare opportunity to compare all of the lenses under identical conditons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share #19 Â Posted May 6, 2014 That's fantastic. I've been meaning to join for a while and this will push me over the ledge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarenceW Posted May 25, 2014 Share #20  Posted May 25, 2014 The Noctilux 1.2 is definitely a woudnerfull lens. It has the sharpness of a 50APO and the Bokeh charm from an ordinary Noctilux, while maintaining the bokeh circles crisp and not soft on the edges. Here's two example =p,there's more if you wana check it out.  Blossom Season by Clarence.Lux, on Flickr  The Touch of Heaven by Clarence.Lux, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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