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Kurt: +1! My favorite, too. :thumbup:yes seen some of these before Kurt. Veyr nice. the trees shot is my favourite
Jono: Excellent capture! It's interesting to see how little has to be in focus to let you 'read' the image. :thumbup:Kurt - I also like the tree shot . . . but I also like the one of the kids in the water.
Here's one from today which I like - patience personified in the face of a persistant puppy:
Hi DavidThought I'd try something a little different for my latest studio shoot and give the Noct a workout. Fair amount of pp on these but I can still see the Noct in them. This lens is a bear to focus with just modeling lights... at least for me.
Well, I found a magnifier to be really counter-productive. Seems to me that the way to get to focus the M9 properly is really just practice, and anything (like a magnifier) which changes things doesn't help (unless you keep it on all the time).Jono, I prefer the first shot by a wide margin myself. I took the magnifier off my M9 so that I could see the crop lines and have been working with the diopter only but I think I'm going back to using the mag when I shoot the Noct. I only use glasses for reading so I don't know if contacts are the answer. I asked a friend (he's got good vision) to take a photo of me the other day and handed him my camera...poor guy couldn't see whether anything was in focus
Beautiful shots, but have to ask how you're seeing the Noct in there pictures? Wishful thinking or seeing something I'm not?Thought I'd try something a little different for my latest studio shoot and give the Noct a workout. Fair amount of pp on these but I can still see the Noct in them. This lens is a bear to focus with just modeling lights... at least for me.
It's tricky no doubt so I'm not gonna lie and say it's easy, even after much experience.....but, you NEED NEED NEED the 1.4x magnifier!!!! and my M9 first had a focus issue, not noticeable on other lenses only on the Noct. Once I added the two, my hit rate went from 60% to 85% without focus bracketing.Kristian,
Really enjoyed the shots--many thanks for sharing. I do have a question for you and it's around the focusing. I rented an M9 for a couple of weeks, because I love the lenses. The problem was I wasn't able to reliably place the focus plane where I needed it. And this was at 1.4. How are you doing it at 0.95?!
I'd appreciate it if you could walk me through your focusing technique.
Thanks,
Even if I was to find someone so generous I'd rather they sell it and donate the $$$ to someone who really needs it. Or maybe I'd give them a piece of my new company (website) coming soon heheh. I don't 'need' the Noct, and not sure anyone really does. I'll get buy for nowKristian, as soon as someone will trade their 0.95 Noct. for some of my lenses, I'll be glad to post as many pictures as you'd like to keep this thread going . With the fantastic quality of your shots with the lens, someone somehow should give you one, just so you can post more shots!
Dave (D&A)
Wishful thinking comes into play more for the model than the shot And since we're both seeing the same shot I doubt that's it either. Probably has more to do with what I usually associate with Leica vs Nikon. Most all of my studio Nikon shots are crisp and sharp... since that's what the models are looking for in their ports. Pretty sure I could take a dreamy shot with the Nikon 85/1.4 give it a bit of glamour processing and get a similar feeling. But I don't think it would be quite the same. Diglloyd describes the Noct as having a softer rendition, lower contrast and a shallow zone of focus... even when compared to the 50 lux. I see all of that in the first shot. Maybe it is wishful thinking after allBeautiful shots, but have to ask how you're seeing the Noct in there pictures? Wishful thinking or seeing something I'm not?
If I stopped the Noct fast f/1, I wouldn't be able to tell it from a Nikon picture, to be honest.
Oh Kristian - I really disagree about the 1.4x magnifier - I found that it made matters worse. I'm getting a good hit rate new without - I'd say that the real truth is PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.It's tricky no doubt so I'm not gonna lie and say it's easy, even after much experience.....but, you NEED NEED NEED the 1.4x magnifier!!!! and my M9 first had a focus issue, not noticeable on other lenses only on the Noct. Once I added the two, my hit rate went from 60% to 85% without focus bracketing.
Also, when you focus and recompose you need to compensate by moving ever so slightly forward or backward, especially at minimum distances.
hope this helps...jetlagged waiting from my plane from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok
I'm confused. How could it make matters worse? it fills the frame more and the focus spot is enlarged. Is there something else I'm missing?Oh Kristian - I really disagree about the 1.4x magnifier - I found that it made matters worse. I'm getting a good hit rate new without - I'd say that the real truth is PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.
GOOD LUCK with the new company.