Paul J Posted November 5, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 5, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) So is anyone else as excited as I am by this? The rumour is 35, 75, and 90mm Noctilux. I would probably go for the 35mm first if they all came out at once but, dare I say, I want them all eventually. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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duckrider Posted November 5, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 5, 2017 90mm is availiable already for decades: http://www.overgaard.dk/thorstenovergaardcom_copyrighted_graphics/leica_90_f1_640w.jpg Thomas 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted November 5, 2017 Share #3 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) A 35mm Noctilux would be nice to have but would probably cost as much or more than a 50/0.95 ASPH Noctilux. I am content with my 50/1.0 Noctilux which is a good thing since Oskar (my Australian Cattle Dog) is not currently unearthing grapefruit size gold nuggets in my yard. He is still the apple of my eye, though. Edited November 5, 2017 by Herr Barnack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bit Posted November 5, 2017 Share #4 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) My 35 summilux is awesome. I also love my 50/.95 noctilux. A 35 noctilux would be very tempting. I am curious about that price. I bet it would surpass the 50/.95. The 75 and 90 don’t excite me but I would definitely welcome more lenses. Edited November 5, 2017 by 6bit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 5, 2017 Share #5 Posted November 5, 2017 I admit that could be excited by a 35 f1 (or 0,95) : BUYING it can easily be another matter... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 5, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 5, 2017 90mm is availiable already for decades: http://www.overgaard.dk/thorstenovergaardcom_copyrighted_graphics/leica_90_f1_640w.jpg Thomas I recall the lens was entirely unsuitable for general use photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 5, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Given the good, and growing better ISO of Leica's digital cameras, who needs another Noctilux? . Edited November 5, 2017 by pico 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Antonaci Posted November 5, 2017 Share #8 Posted November 5, 2017 Given the good, and growing better ISO of Leica's digital cameras, who needs another Noctilux? . -DoF -Bokeh -Character 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 5, 2017 Share #9 Posted November 5, 2017 -DoF -Bokeh -Character And even more pics with out of focus subjects posted by bokeh crazed owners. Especially with the longer focal lengths. Jeff 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted November 5, 2017 Share #10 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) ..... and 90mm Noctilux. I had the Canon 85/1.2 which was difficult enough to focus to put it mildly. To work well such a lens would need to be focussed using a highly blown up area of the frame, whilst still being able to see the whole frame. I can't see it being a viable M lens regardless. Given its potential size, the need for a long throw focus ring to ensure high accuracy in focussing and even if these were viable, its cost, I can't see it being popular if made. Just my thoughts. Edited November 5, 2017 by pgk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 5, 2017 Share #11 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) -DoF -Bokeh -Character I predict, perhaps too early, that there will be a resurgence in in specialized soft, contrast reducing, bokeh enhancing filters to defeat the hard edge of digital images. Give it a few years. We were already using such filters in the early days of digital video. I'm not addressing things like Hasselblad's Softar filters or the other crap. Look to Tiffen's and Harrison's and other filters for motion picture work, especially digital video. Tiffen is deeply committed to subtle gradation of filters, many different types. Other's have some remarkable black-dot filters going back to the thirties. I have a ton of them - from when they were 'going out of style', and now reviving. Photoshop simply cannot do what they do. And earlier Leica, and other lenses shot with early films... but you've already read my takes on that and members here have generally disapproved, discarded the virtues of early film which are destroyed in digital. Edited November 5, 2017 by pico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 5, 2017 Share #12 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) I had the Canon 85/1.2 which was difficult enough to focus to put it mildly. To work well such a lens would need to be focussed using a highly blown up area of the frame,[...] Really? Same lens on an M4. Edited November 5, 2017 by pico 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted November 5, 2017 Share #13 Posted November 5, 2017 Having tried the Noctilux 50mm, which was almost bigger than me, and hating it I would despair at Leica spending millions to produce more of the same. Leica does small and perfect far better than big, ugly, heavy, and crap. Unless you are in a studio the Noctilux is a waste of time. My view, and YVMV. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 5, 2017 Share #14 Posted November 5, 2017 -DoF -Bokeh -Character You can add most of that in PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted November 6, 2017 Share #15 Posted November 6, 2017 Given the good, and growing better ISO of Leica's digital cameras, who needs another Noctilux? . -DoF -Bokeh -Character In other words, deficiencies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckrider Posted November 6, 2017 Share #16 Posted November 6, 2017 -DoF -Bokeh -Character Status? Havings no other has? Thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 6, 2017 Share #17 Posted November 6, 2017 You can add most of that in PS In theory yes, in practice the results are mostly not worth looking at. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Antonaci Posted November 6, 2017 Share #18 Posted November 6, 2017 You can add most of that in PS Not really. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Antonaci Posted November 6, 2017 Share #19 Posted November 6, 2017 And even more pics with out of focus subjects posted by bokeh crazed owners. Especially with the longer focal lengths. Jeff i‘m not speaking for for the countless rich people who can afford a noctilix and suck at photography. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Antonaci Posted November 6, 2017 Share #20 Posted November 6, 2017 Status? Havings no other has? Thomas i‘m not speaking for for the countless rich people who can afford a noctilix and suck at photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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