bernie_kwong

Great lens, amazing quality, been using it since Feburary. again get it soon before price

increase.

Cheers

May be you should also consider Polaroid 600SE and Fuji FP-1 pack film Polaroid camera. I

have experience with both, very sharp photo. Fuji FP-1 is more handy.

I have been using Adobe Lightroom to process M8 DNG, result is great, much better than C1.

Also Lightroom and Photoshop compliment to each other.

Simple to minimize the magenta effect.

I think we should wait for just a short while and see the result of the new Tri Elmar

16-18-21. Of course it is not going to be cheaper, however if the result is good, it may

affect prices on other lenses.

Consider the high price of following lenses and their cult status, are they really special?

15mm Hologon f8, 21mm Super Angulon f3.4 (Black, last version), 35mm Summicron 8 elements, 33mm

Stemar f3.5 Stereo, 35mm Summilux Aspherical (1st version), 50mm Noctilux f1.2, 65mm Elcan, 85mm

Summarex f1.5, 90mm Elmar 3 elements, 90mm Thambar f2.2, 90mm Noctilux f1 Elcan, 125mm Hektor

f2.2 viso, 180mm Tele Elmarit f2.8 viso

Some of these, prices are over US$5,000, practical shooter? or we are just considering they are pieces of

antique? All these were production models, not including the prototype and blackpaint.

I have been shooting mine for 3 weeks, comparing with my Noctilux and Summicron. The

new ASPH version is much sharper than the Summicron at f2 and above. However I like

the Noctilux at f1 and f1.4, I guess just the matter of taste.

The lens is small enough in my pocket, so I travel with my 35mm Summilux Asph, great

compliment for street photography.

Cheers

All Noctilux even the f1.2 version has been built in Canada. The current Noctilux is stock

from previous production run.

Cheers.

Just to clarify-

To me the image from the Noctilux at f1 visually looks better and much more pleasing

than the Summilux ASPH at f1.4. I would not say the image from Noctilux is technically

better or comparable to the Summilux.

Some may say the Noctilux is oil pastel kind of medium and Summilux ASPH is a sharp

pencil. I would agree to that. However Summilux ASPH as f1.4 is a dull pencil, a bit

disappointing but certainly more than acceptable.

I was shooting with a single camera mounted on a tripod, a roll of film on a single scene.

10 exposures with each lens at different apertures. The roll of film was finished within

20mins. The main purpose was to find the fingerprint from each lenses to suit my style.

Cheers

Got my 50mm Summilux Asph this week, shot a roll of Fuji RDP3. On the same roll of

film, I was shooting along with my Noctilux and Summicron (current version), trying to

compare whether the new one really worth the claim. All the photo was taken with the

camera mounted on a tripod. All I was shooting was a crumbled newspaper taped on the

window.

The result to my surprise that the new lens is sharp! very sharp even to the corner. It

actually performs better than the Summicron at same aperture. At f5.6, i guess the

aspheric correction, the photograph look much flatter than the summicron.

I am no Erwin Puts, I cannot explain how & why technically the Asph version is better than

the summicron, however the result to me is impressive.

Compare to Noctilux, the asph is different, totally different resulting images, Noctilux is

much more painterly. Noctilux looks better at f1 than the Summilux at f1.4. The

transition from foreground to background is nicer with the Noctilux, much softer.

Will spend the weekend shooting with my 3 50mm's. Hopefully some example to post

here.

Cheers.