Noctliux sample variation??

[Donzo98]

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Have you guys seen differences in sharpness among different lenses??

I am considering a purchase of an F1 Noctilux of a very trustworthy and experienced Leica owner. He says he had 5-6 F1's over the years and this is the best one he has seen.

I know the F1 isn't know for it's wide open sharpness, but this one lens is special in his opinion.

Thoughts??

[Adrian Lord]

Hi

 

I have had 2 of them and the first was soft but the current one is much sharper and a definitely a keeper. Please search my posts for examples of it.

[Donzo98]

1 hour ago, Adrian Lord said:

Hi

 

I have had 2 of them and the first was soft but the current one is much sharper and a definitely a keeper. Please search my posts for examples of it.

Thanks!!

 

[mmradman]

6 hours ago, Donzo98 said:

Have you guys seen differences in sharpness among different lenses??

I am considering a purchase of an F1 Noctilux of a very trustworthy and experienced Leica owner. He says he had 5-6 F1's over the years and this is the best one he has seen.

I know the F1 isn't know for it's wide open sharpness, but this one lens is special in his opinion.

Thoughts??

If you trust the seller it is a strong endorsment, not many people go thru half a dozen or so of the same lens to choose best of the bunch, never mind Novtilux.

[Prosophos]

I have owned/handled 5 of them.  Variation in performance is a real thing.

Not sure how much of it is secondary to lenses going out of spec (after all, they have been around for a while) and/or how much of it is secondary to sample-to-sample differences.

―Peter.

[Donzo98]

4 hours ago, mmradman said:

If you trust the seller it is a strong endorsement, not many people go thru half a dozen or so of the same lens to choose best of the bunch, never mind Noctilux.

I was thinking the same thing...

[jev]

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I would say they are a bit different 

But you can buy it and send it Leica, they adjusted mine to specs 2-3 times for free

I mean to my m9 specs

[Bo-Sixten]

I have had two F1s. The first was softer in the center, but with relatively more even sharpness over the field. The second, 6 bit coded which I still have, is very sharp in the center, but with a stronger field field cuvature. At 5.6 and above it’s sharp all over the field.