Noctilux Shots

[steve_huff1]

Few Noct shots - some inside at F1, some outside at F1 (using 8X B&W ND filter) - LOVE this lens with

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[steve_huff1]

More...<div></div>

[steve_huff1]

more still....<div></div>

[steve_huff1]

and more!<div></div>

[steve_huff1]

and more....<div></div>

[steve_barrett]

M6/noctilux

[steve_barrett]

M6/Noctilux

[35mmdelux]

color is great but what happened to bokeh? BTW if you like color try K-14 iso Ektachrome 64 - Wow.

[roger_smith4]

It's a strange lens but I have to say looking at your shots, it is growing on me. The odd distortion takes some of the edge off the normally sharp and harsh daylight world.

[paul hart]

Your first shot shows what I found odd about this lens when I had one: the OOF areas range

from perfectly normal (eg the dark areas in the far background) to postively freakish (the

light green bit over the lady's head). Having said that, it sometimes produces images that are

absolutely beautiful and create that 'must have' ethos among Leica users.

[alan_wilder1]

The first shot is the best by far in demonstating why this lens is so coveted for it's bokeh and isolation of focus yet still producing a very sharp subject in the plane of focus even when shot at f/1.

[john_shriver]

The bokeh is almost as nutty as a Summar wide open. Slightly less swirly. But I've gotten the same effect with dappled leaves. But the "sharp spot" of the Summar isn't as sharp, or at least as contrasty, as the Noctilux.

 

But, the Summar sure makes a decent "poor man's Noctilux, at least where you don't need the speed.

[david_reynolds4]

'Da Pud...@f1<div></div>

[david_reynolds4]

and another<div></div>

[paul_neuthaler]

Steve Huff: great shots -- I wish I could lift the lens!

[melaniec]

I need this lens. Maybe I'll find one on the sidewalk someday.

 

I have an M3 and am used to having a rigid Summicron 50/2 mounted on it (my only lens).

Over the weekend I had an opportunity to play with a Noctilux and didn't find it prohibitively

large. Size matters to me since I carry my camera in my purse with me every day.

 

Thanks for posting these images, guys. Now my jones for this lens is even worse!

[furcafe]

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[steve_barrett]

Noctilux/M6

[steve_barrett]

Try again!<div></div>

[steve_huff1]

One more I found...<div></div>

[kevin m.]

I suppose it's a matter of taste, but those weird OOF artifacts in the images with spectral

highlights makes it seem doubly odd that people pay a premium in both weight and price to

carry the lens that makes them.

[vic_.]

Lots of Noctilux, and other lux:

 

http://www.shinozuka.org/

 

http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux1/

 

http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux2/

 

http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux3/

 

http://www.shinozuka.org/20020622beach/

 

http://www.shinozuka.org/f1/index.html

[seb v.]

Hey Vic,

 

What x ND filter do you use on your Nocti?

 

Seb

[vic_.]

Hi Seb, I'm not Shinozuka! I just know about his website, with all the real life (as opposed to wall chart MTF type shots) examples of various cameras and lenses.