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    I was playing with my M10 and Noctilux 50 f 0.95 this morning using the Visoflex finder. I have a hard time focusing the Noctilux for wide open use without the Visoflex which is probably why I don't shoot with this lens much, which is.a shame. The other reason is it weighs a ton compared to my APO Summicron 50.

    Here are a few shots.

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    Bud James

    Please check out my fine art and travel photography at www.budjames.photography or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/budjamesphoto.

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    Couple of mine, from the streets of Glasgow. Leica M9 and E58 version 1 Noctilux, wide open Instagram Hello guest! Please register or sign in to view the hidden content. Hallo Gast! Du willst die Bilder sehen? Einfach registrieren oder anmelden! Hello guest! Please register or sign in to view the hidden content. Hallo Gast! Du willst die Bilder sehen? Einfach registrieren oder anmelden!

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    One more image shot with with my Noctilux 50 f0.95 wide open.

    Regards,
    Bud James

    Please check out my fine art and travel photography at www.budjames.photography or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/budjamesphoto.

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    Bud,

    I've found over the years that the trick to nailing focus wide open on my Noctilux with the rangefinder is simply to practise.  If I haven't used it for a while I find that it takes a few shots before I'm instinctively nailing focus wide open and I haven't found that with any of my Summiluxes.  The following shots are with my 50/1 Noctilux v4.

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      2 hours ago, farnz said:

      That's the first decent picture I have ever seen using a Noctilux wide open. Well done!

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      Couple of mine, from the streets of Glasgow. Leica M9 and E58 version 1 Noctilux, wide open

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        15 hours ago, farnz said:

        Pete,

        nice picture, good use of Noctilux

        Montmartre old wet pavement as I like (have been there often after rain 😉 ), I lived in that area, some years ago,

        the women "surprised", the "festif light" add something to this nice take.

        I don't have picture as nice as yours

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        Back in 2011, I did a series of images over three nights at the greyhound racing in Glasgow, for the Herald magazine. I challenged myself to shoot the entire thing on just a 50mm lens. But it was the 50mm E58 Noctilux version 1. I used the M9 I had at the time, and shot every image at F1. The picture of the little boy looking over the wall was used across two pages.

        Stupidly sold that lens in 2012 - it had cost me £900 in 2006, and I got £3000 for it. E58 Noctiluxes are now going for almost DOUBLE that amount. It's insane. I sometimes miss that lens, but I could never afford to buy one back. 

        Never sell a Leica lens, as they say. I think it's especially true for the exotic ones they don't make any more.

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