Woody Campbell Posted May 3, 2007 Share #1 Posted May 3, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm starting to feel better about being an early adopter - my "lens remedy" Nocti just arrived - my credit card was charged $2735. It's going to take a while to sort out what I actually think of it. It does appear to be possible to focus in poor light with the 1.25 magnifier on at f1.0 with reasonable consistency - we'll see how this works out in practice with more demanding subjects than spines of books (the focus point below is the Jeffrey Eugenides book). This was my most significant reservation about this lens. [ATTACH]35934[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jonoslack Posted May 3, 2007 Share #2 Posted May 3, 2007 HI Woody Shouldn't you have been focusing on the Camomile Lawn? It's an old favorite of mine, set on the cliff-tops near where I was a kid (and we still have a house). I don't need a nocti myself (I got the WATE with my discount) but I hope you're very happy together! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted May 3, 2007 Share #3 Posted May 3, 2007 Woody, If you don't mind me asking, when did you send in your paperwork, or better yet, what was the turnaround time from submittal to receiving the lens. I also ordered the Nocti with my early adopter discount. However, I rode the fence a while because I couldn't decide between the Nocti or WATE. I have already received my original receipts back from Solms with a letter saying the fullfilment would be handled by Leica USA. I keep watching my bank account online hoping to see the withdrawal from my account. By the way, I choose the Nocti over the WATE because the recent price increase meant this would be about my only opportunity to get the Nocti and the fact that my C/V 15 is working great. I am still feeling the urge for the WATE though. Mark Gowin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted May 3, 2007 Share #4 Posted May 3, 2007 I would be curious as well. I sent my Nocti order in early March and recieved my original receipts back about three weeks later. I guess it has been about 8 weeks now. I keep looking at my on-line credit card account for the charge so I can kind of expect delivery. I understnad they just leave them at your door with no signature required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted May 3, 2007 Share #5 Posted May 3, 2007 Woody, I can make you feel better yet - I just today saw a mint USED Noctilux (current design) on a dealer's shelf for $4000. So if it doesn't work out you can always turn a quick $1250 profit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Campbell Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted May 3, 2007 Jono - How different our backgrounds are (I grew up on the edge of the Utah desert - very, very far from the cliffs of Cornwall) but here we are on the Leica forum. The Camomille Lawn is also a favorite of mine. I've been following your work, which I particularly like. Bill and Mark - I sent my paper work in at the end of January. Leica bounced it because my Popflash documents didn't look official enough. Tony Rose was very helpful, so we had it straightened out by the end of February. According to Leica they shipped a box of Noctis to NJ on April 20, to be distributed to the lucky winners. The lens arrived today without fanfare (no e-mail, no letter). I have two bodies so there is a second lens coming - a WATE. Leica is now a bit non-committal about when I should expect it. (At the beginning of April Leica said that I should expect both lenses by the end of the month.) The Nocti is an interesting and challenging lens - you clearly have to adapt to it, rather than vice versa. I bought it, despite some skepticism on the focus issue, because my favorite lens among my Canon gear was (is?) the 85mm 1.2 - the Nocti promises to do something similar, which, simply put, is magical in the correct context. For available darkness the Nocti may be better than the Canon gear because the 5D and 1DsII tend to hunt a bit in terms of focus in poor light (particularly tungsten), and the 85 1.2 is painfully slow to focus (even version II of this lens). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eronald Posted May 3, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 3, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) For available darkness the Nocti may be better than the Canon gear because the 5D and 1DsII tend to hunt a bit in terms of focus in poor light (particularly tungsten), and the 85 1.2 is painfully slow to focus (even version II of this lens). The 1DII and 1DsII have broken low-light focus, with about 1/3 second to get started. The original 1Ds is ok. I shoot fashion shows with the 85/1.2 and do well. Edmund Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted May 3, 2007 Share #8 Posted May 3, 2007 Thank you for the info Woody. I hope my name is on one of those in the batch delivered to NJ April 20. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted May 3, 2007 Share #9 Posted May 3, 2007 The Noctilux really is an exciting lens - below is a test example from my first roll of PanF50 through the used M6TTL that i picked-up recently: it's a downsized crop from a pretty low-res scan that the processors include as a part of their standard developing service. Seems to me that the lens can lend a truly 3D feel to an image - i'm really looking forward to seeing what it can do to other, less obvious types of subjects, such as landscapes or cityscapes for instance. But with that DOF it's pretty obviously no lens for kids running around in the garden... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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