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50mm Noctilux f1.2 Doube Aspherical

 

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Wide open, 50/.95 Noct.  Xmas day 2018.

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How successful was this in anything but aesthetic terms? Most landscape photos use depth of field.

Surely the Noctilux was designed for portraits? 

I don't wish to be over-critical and there is good composition. Try the same shot using any old lens at f/11 and it is a great picture. So, sorry, I don't like it. Was it worth paying for a Noctilux to capture a shot that is 95% out of focus?

Now I am going to retreat under the covers as an anticipated load of abuse comes in from lovers of wide open lenses.

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19 minutes ago, Peter Kilmister said:

Surely the Noctilux was designed for portraits? 

Surely not. Under what rationale would it be a portrait lens, and what is a portrait lens?
 

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To me, the out-of-focus areas of an image is often at least as important as the in-focus areas. In some cases, and with the right lenses, the OOF rendering can almost be a subject in itself. And this is something I love to study in a picture. That’s why I buy lenses like the Noctilux.

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11 hours ago, Peter Kilmister said:

How successful was this in anything but aesthetic terms? Most landscape photos use depth of field.

Surely the Noctilux was designed for portraits? 

I don't wish to be over-critical and there is good composition. Try the same shot using any old lens at f/11 and it is a great picture. So, sorry, I don't like it. Was it worth paying for a Noctilux to capture a shot that is 95% out of focus?

Now I am going to retreat under the covers as an anticipated load of abuse comes in from lovers of wide open lenses.

Well that comment doesn’t need a response.  Speaks for itself,really.

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Noctilux e58 - MM v1

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M10-P  + 50mm Noctilux f/1 v4

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vor 19 Stunden schrieb Peter Kilmister:

How successful was this in anything but aesthetic terms? Most landscape photos use depth of field.

Surely the Noctilux was designed for portraits? 

I don't wish to be over-critical and there is good composition. Try the same shot using any old lens at f/11 and it is a great picture. So, sorry, I don't like it. Was it worth paying for a Noctilux to capture a shot that is 95% out of focus?

Now I am going to retreat under the covers as an anticipated load of abuse comes in from lovers of wide open lenses.

Peter, this is from my evening walk yesterday. It was the only lens I had with me. 😁 I took some stopped down but didn’t like them as much as the one wide open. Plus, I was looking to do Bud a favor. 😁

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23 hours ago, Peter Kilmister said:

How successful was this in anything but aesthetic terms? Most landscape photos use depth of field.

Surely the Noctilux was designed for portraits? 

...I don't wish to eat under the covers as an anticipated load of abuse comes in from lovers of wide open lenses.

Wide open cityscapes with many point source lights can be a challenge for this lens when focused at infinity. To eliminate coma, significant stopping down is required, so the lens wide open at infinity  is best for moody silhouettes and diffuse lighting.

Here is a really ugly f/0.95 example of closer than focus coma.

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Focussed closer at portrait distances, and distant lights results in a much more pleasing situation.

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@Chaemono Please don't take my comments as a personal criticism.

Charlie Waite is one of the best landscape photographers and uses lenses with closed aperture rather than wide open. The human eye operates in a similar way. When light is good enough one's eye pupils close to expand the depth of field and allow us to see much more in focus. The Noctilux has such a tiny depth of field when used wide open that it contradicts that natural reaction. I tried using a Noctilux for landscape work and sold it. It was a waste of time. Also carrying 700 grams plus the weight of the camera and trudging around fields was tiresome. It was my least favourite lens. My favourite is the 50mm APO Summicron. My wife agrees so it must be true! 😉

I can see the point of using a heavyweight lens with narrow DOF in a studio for portraiture. There is probably no better tool when mounted on a tripod.

Everyone is welcome to their opinion and to try out things for themselves. I just expressed my personal opinion. You could probably have taken that shot with any lens for it to be more natural. Please don't let me stop your creativity.

Slightly off topic, I was told by a Leica fan about an amazing pair of Nocti binoculars. I asked what was the point. He said enthusiastically that I could see birds clearer in the dark. I replied that birds roost as soon as the sun goes down. Maybe he lives where there are street lights? We don't have those unsustainable things in this beautiful area. Each to their own.

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