Review: Leica Noctilux 50mm f1.2

[Al Brown]

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The new Noctilux 1.2 is experiencing FOMO and mooning not unlike the crypto world. Incredible.

[adan]

Ennh - when the M9 came out and I got mine in the first batch, I immediately got an offer from someone on this forum to sell it to them for $2000 over the list price. (I didn't).

Line-jumping by the wealthy.

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[anickpick]

vor 44 Minuten schrieb Al Brown:

The new Noctilux 1.2 is experiencing FOMO and mooning not unlike the crypto world. Incredible.

And Leica is fostering it.

[Guest]

Leica are exploiting their history for profit.

Well done leica.

Manufacture a mediocre lens [in 2021] and sell them at very high prices.

[farnz]

1 hour ago, steve 1959 said:

Manufacture a mediocre lens [in 2021] and sell them at very high prices

Perhaps mediocre by today's standards but far from mediocre by the standards of the day.  A ground-breaking lens that was the first to have two aspherical surfaces that had to be painstakingly manually ground resulting in a very high attrition rate and consequent high production cost.

Pete.

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, farnz said:

Perhaps mediocre by today's standards but far from mediocre by the standards of the day.  A ground-breaking lens that was the first to have two aspherical surfaces that had to be painstakingly manually ground resulting in a very high attrition rate and consequent high production cost.

Pete.

Its a valid marketing ploy by leica without a doubt and i am not against the idea of releasing old classics.

I want one but not sure why when the mediocre voigtlander f1.1 nokton is probably a better lens.

[darylgo]

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If there's demand, and there's definitely demand then Leica's production of a classic lens is a win-win.  I can't remember a product causing such a frenzy since the M9. 

[sincurves]

Great looking lens. Seems to have more interest than the 50 APO Red Edition a few years back. 
It will be interesting to see if this moves the pricing on the original, perhaps not. 
Really cool of Leica to do a Heritage series - I’m hoping for a 35AA next. T

[Guest]

Must admit i reckon you could buy a black version and never use it but sell it at a decent profit in the future.

No fun in that though.

[padam]

 

[fisheess]

3 hours ago, padam said:

 

No gloves! Blasphemy!🤑

[Cronilux]

Am 29.1.2021 um 11:29 schrieb Milan_S:

Great review Jono

I was fortunate to be beta tester and Leica asked me to do the official release photos taken with the lens.

Shot on the M10-R

I saw those before knowing you shot them and honestly looks like a lot of your photos have a front focus. Was your sample badly calibrated? I´ve seen other photos with the new 50/1.2 Noct without these issues.

[fabior]

Jono, although I am still waiting to receive the noctilux f1.2 ordered in September 2020 !! , seeing the film The Dig set in Suffolk I imagined that the rendering of colors, blur, not exasperated definition and three-dimensional plasticity of some scenes  could be assimilated to the rendering of our lens in question. Am I wrong? What do you think about ?

[wlaidlaw]

32 minutes ago, fabior said:

Jono, although I am still waiting to receive the noctilux f1.2 ordered in September 2020 !! , seeing the film The Dig set in Suffolk I imagined that the rendering of colors, blur, not exasperated definition and three-dimensional plasticity of some scenes  could be assimilated to the rendering of our lens in question. Am I wrong? What do you think about ?

Something lost in translation? 

[wattsy]

23 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said:

Something lost in translation? 

I think Fabior is essentially asking whether the inherent softness of the 'new' Noctilux is suitable for photography in the style of the cinematography in the recent Netflix film, The Dig.

Edited February 15, 2021 by wattsy

[wlaidlaw]

1 hour ago, wattsy said:

I think Fabior is essentially asking whether the inherent softness of the 'new' Noctilux is suitable for photography in the style of the cinematography in the recent Netflix film, The Dig.

Ian, 

As I am not a Netflix subscriber, that might explain why the comment puzzled me. 

Wilson

[fabior]

Wattsy , thanks, that's exactly as you say. Yes, the film was broadcast on netflix.

[wattsy]

1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said:

Ian, 

As I am not a Netflix subscriber, that might explain why the comment puzzled me. 

Wilson

Wilson, the film has had quite a bit of coverage in the news recently but it probably helps to have seen the film to understand Fabior's question. I'm not sure if much of the film was actually filmed in Suffolk (the village scenes looked like Hambleden near Marlow and the house was not Sutton Hoo) but it did capture the misty vibe of the real location.

[T25UFO]

20 minutes ago, wattsy said:

Wilson, the film has had quite a bit of coverage in the news recently but it probably helps to have seen the film to understand Fabior's question. I'm not sure if much of the film was actually filmed in Suffolk (the village scenes looked like Hambleden near Marlow and the house was not Sutton Hoo) but it did capture the misty vibe of the real location.

Most of the background scenes were filmed in Suffolk - the Deben Estuary, Shingle Street, Aldeburgh and Thorpeness beaches, also Snape and the Boyton Marshes.  But the actual excavation was recreated in Surrey, close to Godalming.  The cinematography is excellent, as is Ralph Fiennes Suffolk accent.  Almost worth the Netflix subscription for this alone!

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[evikne]

On 2/13/2021 at 9:20 PM, fisheess said:

No gloves! Blasphemy!🤑

And he just tore the outer box to pieces! 😱

I always keep them and treat them very carefully.