Rumoured Noctilux Family

[Dario Antonaci]

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In other words, deficiencies.

If you like.....

[jaapv]

To me Noctiluxes are specialist lenses, needing both impeccable technique and photographic vision to be used effectively.  I agree with Jeff that a large number of Noctilux photographs do not reflect the quality (and price) of the lens. Narrow DOF for Narrow DOF's sake does not ring my bell.

[Joakim]

The 35 is somewhat interesting but I already have the .95 Noctilux and I don’t think I want to pay the same money one more time for a lens eve if the one I have is excellent and really fun to use.

[tobey bilek]

I dislike the big lenses on my Nikons.  Even worse on small compact M camera.  But if you like narrow zone of sharpness, go for it.

[michaelwj]

Given the good, and growing better ISO of Leica's digital cameras, who needs another Noctilux?

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Some of us still choose to shoot film.

 

But I'm in the boat where even if I wanted it I'd prefer to spent the money elsewhere. For the price of a 50 Nocilux I can take my wife and child to Japan for a month for example.

[Mute-on]

Some of us still choose to shoot film.

But I'm in the boat where even if I wanted it I'd prefer to spent the money elsewhere. For the price of a 50 Nocilux I can take my wife and child to Japan for a month for example.

Precisely! Have done exactly that myself for the last two years. Can't wait to go back

 

Couldn't care less about $10,000 lenses. I'd rather take the trip than a lens too heavy to carry on one

[ropo54]

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 For the price of a 50 Nocilux I can take my wife and child to Japan for a month for example.

 

 But second hand trips cannot be "traded-in" for other trips!   

 

(I'm a fan of the noctilux, but to each his own). 

 

Rob

[jaapv]

But the memories will only increase in value over the years...

[UliWer]

A 90mm Noctilux for the M is a great idea.

 

Since the rangefinder won't be usable to focus it, it makes sense to block the viewfinder by the lenses diameter.-

[jaapv]

It would make more sense to build one for the SL.

[pgk]

Really? Same lens on an M4.

Yes really. And unless your M4 can power focus the Canon 85/1.2 then its not the same lens. The problem is absolute accuracy in focussing - on Canon dSLR the point of focus is too large to be precise enough wide open. Using live view requires a blown up section of the image to be used whilst maintaining composition, as any camera movement will shift the focus. So yes really. My hit rate was not high enough and the lens went, good as it could at times be.

[CYBORA]

90mm is availiable already for decades:

http://www.overgaard.dk/thorstenovergaardcom_copyrighted_graphics/leica_90_f1_640w.jpg

 

Thomas

Great for my jeans pocket 

[farnz]

I really do get tired of the continual sneering tone of negative comments aimed at shallow depth of field.  It's simply a tool: use it if helps your photographs to get across the message that you want and don't if it doesn't.  

 

Pete.

[SilentShutter]

And even more pics with out of focus subjects posted by bokeh crazed owners. Especially with the longer focal lengths.

 

Jeff

 

We call it ART !  

[pico]

Yes really. And unless your M4 can power focus the Canon 85/1.2 then its not the same lens.

 

My bad. I was thinking of the LTM.

[pgk]

I really do get tired of the continual sneering tone of negative comments aimed at shallow depth of field.  It's simply a tool: use it if helps your photographs to get across the message that you want and don't if it doesn't.  

 

Pete.

 

Such shallow depth of field can be really useful (I've used fast lenses wide open a lot myself) but it also imposes technical constraints which some appear to want to ignore. Whilst I can see the viability of a 90/1 on say and SL or Sony A7 series camera, I am very wary of it being usable on a rangefinder as a coupled lens - we are after all in the M lens part of the forum.

[Ecar]

I may be interested - but only if it's a Mandler design.

[UliWer]

Long, long ago:

 

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/138876-is-the-90mm-asphapo-summicron-no-more/?p=1525477

[Paulus]

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.

 

Not really. The one sentence which always have stuck to me is " Renommier-Objektiv " - page 194 Alfons Scholz. -  I translate this with: "Something to brag - Lens " . 

 

As long as Leica still has new lenses that have to be sent back to the factory, because they are just not well enough callibrated or just plain out of tune ,because one way or the other, they came through the quality control faulty, Leica has to consider if this is the way to flood the community with these expensive lenses IMHO. 

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[MT0227]

Unless you are in a studio the Noctilux is a waste of time. My view, and YVMV.

 

 

That's a pretty narrow point of view; I have a 50 f/1 V4 and find it quite versatile during controlled and uncontrolled scenarios outside the studio.  I can throw it on my M10 or M6 and carry it around all day, not an issue for me.  Digitally you've got to deal with some CA from time to time...using this lens with film on my M6 shows what makes this lens pretty special in my view.