Will M EV1 make noctilux shine?

[01maciel]

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vor einer Stunde schrieb jaapv:

Not sure. There was a Canon 0.95 many years ago. 

Yes, of course, there were a few. That's what made them so special back then.

[jaapv]

I always thought of them as specialist lenses - and unfortunately, status ones. 

[SrMi]

42 minutes ago, jaapv said:

I always thought of them as specialist lenses - and unfortunately, status ones. 

One can consider any Leica camera and lens a status symbol ... or not.

[RexGig0]

Focusing difficulty may not be the only reason why the owners of Noctilux f/0.95 lenses may decide to sell them, rather than keep them. The M EV1 will not make the weight and bulk of the Noctilux f/0.95 more pleasurable to carry. The allure of using an extremely shallow DOF may simply diminish, over time.

An M EV1, when used with a Noctilux, will not have the problem of viewfinder blockage. The M EV1 simply has no optical viewfinder to be blocked.

I have never owned a Noctilux f/0.95, nor even seen one. I live in the southern USA, in "fly-over country," where seeing any Leica M lens, "in the wild," is an uncommon event. My frame of reference was/is my Summilux-M 50mm ASPH, which was my first Leica M lens. When I nearly bought a Noctilux, in 2022, I did balk at the diameter and weight specifications. I decided, instead, to buy a pre-owned APO Summicron-M 75mm ASPH, a lens which subsequently convinced me that I would not like carrying an M camera with any lens heftier than this 75 'Cron. I felt that I would regard the Noctilux as a studio lens, and, well, I do not have a studio. 

Then, because I do understand the allure of the Noctilux, and "fast fifties," I bought a Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.0 Aspherical VM. This is a quite nice lens, in its own right, is much more compact than a Noctilux f/0.95, and, has an appealing appearance reminiscent of the original mid-Sixties Noctilux. I actually use it only very rarely. Really, my Summilux-M 50mm ASPH is usually "fast enough," in low light, and, when it is not, it usually makes more sense to use my excellent Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1,4 ZM, rather than a faster 50mm lens. I also really do love the out-of-focus backgrounds of Summilux images.