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As they say... "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". When I look at the images I've taken with the Noct I see something special in many of them. Whether it's objectively there or not may be subject to debate but it's a lens I won't part with.Okay, I'm just gonna say it...I love Leica glass, but I just don't get the love affair with the 0.95. I love bokeh, but the ratio of bokeh to subject is too much...imo. I understand that it requires skill to shoot wide open, but when a subject is soft focus and the rest of the image is extreme OOF, for me, it doesn't have the effect that justifies the hype. For street shooting this would not be the lens for me, for tight dramatic portraits...maybe. I think the 1.4 "lux" is more worthy of the hype IMO.
I get you mate. I started this thread to show what 'could' be done with the Noct, not that using the Noct will create superior imagery. As much as it takes skill to shoot accurately wide open, there is more skill involved in ensuring that the content within the image is important and useful. Using such wide apertures normally kill this important content. Heck, Salgado and Bresson never took such images and I can only dream of shooting half as well as those guys.Okay, I'm just gonna say it...I love Leica glass, but I just don't get the love affair with the 0.95. I love bokeh, but the ratio of bokeh to subject is too much...imo. I understand that it requires skill to shoot wide open, but when a subject is soft focus and the rest of the image is extreme OOF, for me, it doesn't have the effect that justifies the hype. For street shooting this would not be the lens for me, for tight dramatic portraits...maybe. I think the 1.4 "lux" is more worthy of the hype IMO.
Honestly, I can't see an Nocti from f/1 onwards. It really just looks like any other lens from f/5.6, and like a Lux ASPH from f/1.4 to f/2.8. Its a hell of a lens to carry around if you're mainly stopping downExcellent points, there is a fine line between those two lessons. I am intrigued by this lens, images seems to have an ethereal luminance to them like no other lens. I sense that nocti juice is addicting because I really want to shoot with it now.
David K. Please post those images, I am curious how this lens looks at 5.6 too.
That's another great point, this really is a specialty lens and as photographers we love fast lenses and the ability to isolate a subject. If only the m9 could sync faster than 180, perhaps 800 or more, we could exploit the benefits of .095 with controlled lighting, but that's probably not even fast enough for this lens. Given how fast the .095 is though, it's ability in ambient low light needs no explanation. The front and rear plane of focus almost touch each other, so subject matter is important. The 50mm focal length is ideal in that, it's wide enough and tight enough to effect some interesting photographs. I appreciate all the photographs posted here...thanks to all.Honestly, I can't see an Nocti from f/1 onwards. It really just looks like any other lens from f/5.6, and like a Lux ASPH from f/1.4 to f/2.8. Its a hell of a lens to carry around if you're mainly stopping down
I quite agree - I'm loving mine more and more for nature subjects - it forces one to consider the composition over everything, and when you've got it right the rewards are certainly there . . . . . but from f1.4 it's just like a lux (no bad thing of course).Honestly, I can't see an Nocti from f/1 onwards. It really just looks like any other lens from f/5.6, and like a Lux ASPH from f/1.4 to f/2.8. Its a hell of a lens to carry around if you're mainly stopping down
Yes, there are....6 stop ones, 9 stop ones or some variations of those. I wonder will those variable adjusted ND filters that seem all the rage these days (especially for video) make their way to a Leica 60mm size (and other sizes) and will they intergrate properly with the Leica M metering?Are there any ND filters that are more than 3 stops available for the .095 other than stacking?