erl Posted September 12, 2008 Share #21 Posted September 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do you mean that Aussy mags can lie? Incredible... Surely you mea"credible" LCT. The only liar I know is the camera, . . . .besides myself. <nudge, wink> Sander, I think you may have misunderstood my original remark. I was suggesting that the pic in question "could" have been taken with a brownie, or for that matter , any camera. The point being that the illustrated picture is touted as something that could only be done with a Noctilux. Of course not true. Anyone who uses a Noctilux knows it's virtue goes way beyond 'pictures in the dark'. In my particular case, I use it for extremely selective DOF, but also in dark areas and still allowing me to maintain high shutter speeds. I hope I have better clarified my intention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Hi erl, Take a look here New Noctilux. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
maycooll@bigpond.com Posted September 12, 2008 Share #22 Posted September 12, 2008 Hi there all, I am a new comer to this forum and hope you can please give me some advices. I am interested in getting a Noctulux f1 50mm but was told that it is going obsolete and that the Leica has distributed:confused: 100 worldwide special editions. They are signatured and in gold ( I think) colour and going for A$17k. Only 3 pieces was sent to Australia. Advice? MYMY:confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted September 12, 2008 Share #23 Posted September 12, 2008 Advice: Buy a used one or wait 2 weeks to find out about the prices of the alleged new Noctilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted September 13, 2008 Share #24 Posted September 13, 2008 Hi there all, I am a new comer to this forum and hope you can please give me some advices. I am interested in getting a Noctulux f1 50mm but was told that it is going obsolete and that the Leica has distributed:confused: 100 worldwide special editions. They are signatured and in gold ( I think) colour and going for A$17k. Only 3 pieces was sent to Australia. Advice? MYMY:confused: First of all, ask yourself why you want/need a noctilux, old or new! It is a very specialized tool, not suitable as a general purpose lens. It's virtues (& faults) are very specific so make sure you understand exactly what they are and match them to your needs/wants. Otherwise, don't buy one. This self examination should apply to all gear acquisitions of course. The lust/desire to have yet another bit of 'sexy' gear is probably the greatest impediment to achieving 'good pictures', whatever they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_m Posted September 13, 2008 Share #25 Posted September 13, 2008 I'll bet the new 0.95 Nocti ASPH will be great across the aperture board not just at 0.95. I bet it will be simply amazing, which it has to be at that price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 13, 2008 Share #26 Posted September 13, 2008 Hi there all, I am a new comer to this forum and hope you can please give me some advices. I am interested in getting a Noctulux f1 50mm but was told that it is going obsolete and that the Leica has distributed:confused: 100 worldwide special editions. They are signatured and in gold ( I think) colour and going for A$17k. Only 3 pieces was sent to Australia. Advice? MYMY:confused: Just buy it. It will sell for 100.000.000,-- $ at Westlicht in ten years time.....Of course, nobody knows what a dollar will be worth then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 13, 2008 Share #27 Posted September 13, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi there all, I am a new comer to this forum and hope you can please give me some advices. I am interested in getting a Noctulux f1 50mm but was told that it is going obsolete and that the Leica has distributed:confused: 100 worldwide special editions. They are signatured and in gold ( I think) colour and going for A$17k. Only 3 pieces was sent to Australia. Advice? MYMY:confused: So easy... one for sale HERE, at this moment. https://www.leicashop.com/vintage/noctilux-11821-1050mm-6bit-p-313.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rondeb Posted September 14, 2008 Share #28 Posted September 14, 2008 Leica Super-Telephoto!: Leica Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review I'll keep my "compact" old-school Nocti! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealf Posted September 14, 2008 Share #29 Posted September 14, 2008 New Nocti 50/.95 $9995 New M8.2 Black body has black "red" dot, black shoe, Black paint. Both black and Chrome have traditional vulcanite covering and improved more accurate bright frames also includes previously anounced upgrades. New 21mm/1.4 new 24mm/1.4 New D-Lux-4 New C-Lux-3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxlim Posted September 14, 2008 Share #30 Posted September 14, 2008 First of all, ask yourself why you want/need a noctilux, old or new! It is a very specialized tool, not suitable as a general purpose lens. It's virtues (& faults) are very specific so make sure you understand exactly what they are and match them to your needs/wants. Otherwise, don't buy one. This self examination should apply to all gear acquisitions of course. The lust/desire to have yet another bit of 'sexy' gear is probably the greatest impediment to achieving 'good pictures', whatever they are. Personally, I am afraid of my ability to rationalise any purchase even to the "just in case" situations. Thankfully in reflection over the last 9 months of equipment purchases, I have not lost my head .... yet! Photokina is just around the corner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted September 15, 2008 Share #31 Posted September 15, 2008 But will the new Nocti back focus on the new M8.2 like most others do on the m8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leicame Posted September 15, 2008 Share #32 Posted September 15, 2008 11K for a 50mm0.95,lol,and 6k for a M8.2?That's about 23k in canada!,what's the .2 mean? 2k extra for the same size sensor?.,,,,i'm a long time user of a M6 film camera,i almost fell for a M8 and went Nikon D3,Fujifilm S5,don't see the reason for an M8,cmon 6k which is about 7.5k in canada for a M8?that's sounds like a real stretch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndjambrose Posted September 18, 2008 Share #33 Posted September 18, 2008 I notice this in the new product information: The LEICA NOCTILUX-M 50 mm f/0.95 ASPH. is not only a unique high-performance lens in the M system. It combines extremely high speed with imaging performance that can easily bear comparison with the other top lenses currently on the market. I have one of the other top performing 50mm lenses on the market. It cost me £190 new. The Noctilux it appears will be easily comparable for a mere £6,290. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten van Druten Posted September 28, 2008 Share #34 Posted September 28, 2008 Here is photo made with the prototype of the Noctilux 50mm F0.95 at F0.95 The man was standing besides me approx 2 meters from me, I focussed at the side of his eye-glasses Camera my own M8, firmware 2.0, JPEG fine (I know JPEG is crap, but at the Photokina I had to make a lot of pictures so I switched to JPEG instead of DNG :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted September 28, 2008 Share #35 Posted September 28, 2008 The strap looks sharp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted September 29, 2008 Share #36 Posted September 29, 2008 I think that people tend to use a Noctilux for taking pictures that do not need a Noctilux at all. It sure is an "obscur objet du désir" and of course i would like to be rich enough to get one to play with once in a while. I think it really is a tool for pro or for very whealty people. A 50mm 1.4 Summilux is probably much more sharper and good in dim light as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 29, 2008 Share #37 Posted September 29, 2008 I think that people tend to use a Noctilux for taking pictures that do not need a Noctilux at all. It sure is an "obscur objet du désir" and of course i would like to be rich enough to get one to play with once in a while. I think it really is a tool for pro or for very whealty people.A 50mm 1.4 Summilux is probably much more sharper and good in dim light as well. Enrico, Having had a Noctilux and currently having a 50 ASPH Summilux, I often feel that the Summilux is too sharp for people photographs. It is particularly unkind to women and seems to age them emphasizing every wrinkle and blemish. I use my 50 ASPH Lux much less than I did my Nocti, which I swapped with a forum member, because I had trouble holding and focusing it with my very arthritic hands. I was playing with the new Noctilux on my M8 at Photokina yesterday. Once I get my head together after a horrible drive back through the night from Cologne to the UK via Dieppe in the thickest fog I have encountered in many years, I will post a photo from the new Nocti. I was told that it is still very much work in progress and they expect the final version to be noticeably better than the prototypes. It handles much better from my point of view than the old Noctilux, seeming very slightly smaller in the body diameter (but with the same 60mm filter) and a little longer. The shade is huge improvement on the nasty floppy square plastic one on the current Nocti, which always fouled on one of my non-bending fingers. The focusing is easier with a smoother and shorter throw. Write out one hundred times: "I cannot afford a new Noctilux" Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guywalder Posted September 29, 2008 Share #38 Posted September 29, 2008 Write out one hundred times: "I cannot afford a new Noctilux" No, I dont think I'll bother. Leica make some fabulous lenses, but this is just an exercise in corporate masturbation, IMHO. A whole 1/7th of a stop faster, just for bragging rights over a lens which is a 1 trick pony, and thats before you get to the price tag...... They should have updated the 75/1.4 (narrower DOF than the noctilux as well if I recall correcly), or better still the troublesome 35/1.4 Now either of those Would have been worth bragging about! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted September 29, 2008 Share #39 Posted September 29, 2008 Wilson, I sure can't afford it... But i would love to have one anyway. It is quite a marvelous object. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_m Posted September 29, 2008 Share #40 Posted September 29, 2008 To Guy Walder: I certainly can't argue with your price concerns. However, my understanding is that Leica is saying (per my local rep) the new Nocti will outperform the 1.4 ASPH across the board- from wide open to stopped down. In other words, its hardly 0.95 vs 1.0 as the only difference. Obviously we need to test the finished product not just a prototype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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