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Leica 75mm Noctilux to be realised in 2017...


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Now, what Leica lens can be the equivalent of Dog and Rat meat in Chinese soup?

All!

 

A sharp lens?: "Wow, Masterpiece!"

A soft lens?: "Wow, Masterpiece!"

A Lemon?: "Wow, masterpice! You need two, one for the special look, another for the standard look"

A battered lens?: "Wow, masterpiece with fine patina!"

A New lens: "Wow, masterpiece! I shall not use it and keep it as a collector."

 

Each and every M lens is like a Dog and Rat Chinese soup.

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You have your own way to show excitement about this expected product of 2017 Leica optical technology,

which thanks to the M-constraints will hopefully not suffer from Otus-gigantism.

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€ 9000 (I presume) for a lens that seems to have again a shortest distance of 1m. Although this gives a smaller subject field than the Noctilux 50, it would still miss the charms of the historically smallest subject field of the Summilux 75.

If this is a longer Noctilux 50/0.95 I think it will be nice on the SL, but ergonomically a bit too heavy on the M10 I'm afraid

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Could this lens be too wide for the M, and not allow rangefinder focusing? [...]

 

No problem, in theory at least. With 0.72x VF magnification it would be as easy (or difficult) to focus as a 135/4 lens at full aperture. 

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The next will be a 35mm Noctilux, at f/1.399

:)

1.39/35mm Noctilux APO ;) !

On a serious note: the focal length of 35 is the sweet-spot, so a 2.0/35 APO

and also a 35mm Noctilux would find a lot of customers.

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I think it stands as much chance as a chocolate teapot.

:) well, when Leica makes chocolate teapots, they tend to be a great success, at least a great hype. See for instance the wide-angle summiluxes and the 50mm/0.95

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I'm pretty sure the aberration APO corrects for is found in long focal lengths. Not previously regarded necessary even on 50mm lenses. Goes to show the power of marketing I suppose as I have seen this a few times.

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