50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95 "King of the Night" and other Noctilux lenses

[Herr Barnack]

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From Thorsten Overgaard comes a newly revised and comprehensive article on the 50mm Noctilux lens family, along with some interesting photographs that illustrate the capabilities of the three versions of the 50mm Noctulixes.

 

 

Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95 "King of the Night" and other Noctilux lenses

 

http://www.overgaard.dk/leica-50mm-Noctilux-M-ASPH-f-095.html

 

[mdemeyer]

Good article but I believe it is incorrect in saying the floating element in the 0.95 is there to correct for aperture changes. It’s there to reduce abberations with changes in focus distance. It is not coupled to the aperture, but to the focus helicoid.

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[Adrian Lord]

Largely ignores the F1 version, not much more than a table and a discussion about hoods.