![]() On the M3, the Noctilux blocks half the lower right quadrant of the frame. Leica M3, Kodak T-Max 100 film box speedįinder blockage is also a problem. What’s worse, the aperture ring is right next to the focus ring, and my fat fingers tend to accidentally adjust the aperture while focussing, knocking it from f/0.95 or f/2 or f/2.8 without my noticing. The throw of the focus ring is like the run of a racehorse circuit just because of the circumference of the lens barrel. They were designed in consultation with Leica connoisseurs.Īs if wielding the Noctilux weren’t challenging enough, focusing this beast of a lens is also a bear of a task. The ML-Grips are not the cheap, plasticky grips that Leica makes, but rather machine tooled in the United States from a single solid hunk of aircraft-grade aluminum. If you are going to use the Noctilux, attach a sturdy grip. The Noct’ is unwieldy in street photography for which it is either the 35mm or 50mm Summicron f/2 that excel as well as others from Zeiss, Voigtlander, and even 7artisans. It is like putting a medium sized DSLR lens on a Leica M body, except the Noctilux is heavier than most DSLR lenses. It’s diameter is 7.3 centimeters give or take and it takes an E60 filter. It weighs in at 700 grams, and its length is just over 7.5 centimeters. What do I mean by hard? Well first, the Noctilux is a beast of a lens. Why is it hard to make art with the Noct’? Making art is always conceptually demanding, but shooting with the Noctilux is also physically hard. It is only the human artist who can use the Noctilux’s imaging capabilities to make art, and even in the hands of the most adept, it can take some time to learn to create art with the Noct’. can render such a distinct image because of its technical and engineering excellence, in the hands of a mediocre artist, the Noctilux is unforgiving, magnifying his or her mediocrity. While the Leica Noctilux-M 50 mm f/0.95 ASPH. ![]() You can make lousy art with the Noctilux just like you can with any other lens, even shooting wide open. For most photographers however, professional or not, bokeh is appreciated, and rarely considered essential to their art. While bokeh often fascinates the photography enthusiast, it is only lesser photographers who worship bokeh, venerating it to such a degree as to displace the art of photography with engineering prowess.
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