2B or N2B Noctilux Worthy

[nwphil]

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Leica by itself is a pragmatic target of opinions, we all know that, and then  side the controversial "bokeh kings" lenses, there is the Noctilux...

Often I see among the pitfull myriad of  the typical comments, some saying that such and such shot are not representative of a Noctilux - despite obviously been taken with a given Noctilux, and not necessarily wide open at max.

So what is indeed a truly representative picture from a Noctilux? a worthy shot or a what the lens was made for?

- not trying to be a troll, just listening for opinions and don't have to be necessarily in agreement with mine.

[a.noctilux]

For years, I use my Noctilux for it's f/1.0 and when possible "always close aperture as required", and when I don't plan to use f/1, I take other smaller/lighter lens.

In my use, the noctilux rendering is just secondary (not always what I want but "by necessity", "by-product" ) because my Noctilux 1.0 has more flaws than most of my other lenses (f/1.2 , f/1.4, f/2, etc.) like too shallow dof, curve field, geometric distortion, and more.