Which Fast Lens?

Which Fast Lens?

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I voted for a Hex 60/1.2. WHy? I like Hexanons and everything I have seen from this lens, not much though, I like better than others.
 
Noctilux f/1. That's the one I chose. It is one of the more readily available ones. Obviously performance is great as well.
 
ferider said:
The CV Nokton 35/1.2 which I don't have ... or

The 75/1.4 which I have.
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I wanted only f1.2 and lower. I have missed this out and the Angenieux 50mm F0.95 (modified).

Can I modify the poll to add these 2 in?
 
I voted Noctilux 50/1.2. It has my favorite barrel design of Summilux versions I/II. Posted images look great (no swirly bokeh), and the MTF is very impressive. Even more impressive is the current price!

As a practical matter, I would choose the "Beast".
 
ErikFive said:
50 0.95, 50 1.2 or 60 1.2 .

Im used to the 0.95 and how it performs. I would like to try both 50 1.2 and 60 1.2 because I find the very few pictures I have seen from them interesting. Choose one: Not sure. I would need to test them. The same goes with the Noctilux.
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Are you referring to the Canon or the Hexanon 50mm f1.2? You are always welcome to test the lenses, just leave the North Pole and come to our sunny island. Don't forget to bring some of your classmates 🙂. 😀
 
Hacker said:
I wanted only f1.2 and lower. I have missed this out and the Angenieux 50mm F0.95 (modified).

Can I modify the poll to add these 2 in?
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It looks like you are collecting fast lenses for "the vault" rather than for frequent use, no? 😉

If that's the case you should get the 1.2 Noctilux, Zunow 1.1 or Nikon 1.1 - the most collectible...
 
gdi said:
It looks like you are collecting fast lenses for "the vault" rather than for frequent use, no? 😉

If that's the case you should get the 1.2 Noctilux, Zunow 1.1 or Nikon 1.1 - the most collectible...
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I have Tennis Elbow for so many months now it is not funny 🙁 . Does it still hurt? Yes, it does. Have I seen the specialists? Yes I have. Do I really want to go for surgery? No, I don't. What was the cause? Taking too many photos using heavier equipment. :bang:

I limit myself now to only maybe a shoot per month, 100 shots maybe. What else can I do? My mind wanders.....of course, I also carry my P&S camera.
 
Hacker said:
I have Tennis Elbow for so many months now it is not funny 🙁 . Does it still hurt? Yes, it does. Have I seen the specialists? Yes I have. Do I really want to go for surgery? No, I don't. What was the cause? Taking too many photos using heavier equipment. :bang:

I limit myself now to only maybe a shoot per month, 100 shots maybe. What else can I do? My mind wanders.....of course, I also carry my P&S camera.
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Good idea, and while you use P&S, you could send me the 60/1.2 for a test drive. 😉
 
"None of the above".

A 85/f1.8 or 85/f1.2 for the SLR is pretty much the only thing I would actually have use for. A fast 50 would be just to satisfy a craze for numbers and then there'd be only boring pictures from it.

Philipp
 
rxmd said:
"None of the above".

A 85/f1.8 or 85/f1.2 for the SLR is pretty much the only thing I would actually have use for. A fast 50 would be just to satisfy a craze for numbers and then there'd be only boring pictures from it.

Philipp
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Wouldn't how "boring" the pictures be depend on a photographer and not a lens one would use? 😉
 
Krosya said:
Wouldn't how "boring" the pictures be depend on a photographer and not a lens one would use? 😉
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Only partly.

The whole point of using a superfast lens is using it wide open, so people tend to take lots of wide open photographs with it. Many of those I tend to find rather boring, pictures taken to satisfy the inner geek. Since I would only get a fast 50 because of the exercise in numbers myself, I would fully expect to take a disproportionately large amount of boring pictures with them.

It's not all about the photographer.

Philipp
 
I'm with Philipp, which is why I voted 75/1.4. Shallow DOF has great application in portraiture. Plus, at 400ASA, 1/60 in a bar, you can actually hand-hold it wide open. Or use it with ND filter at day time. DOF is much shallower than a 50/1, BTW.

The 35/1.2 I would use as a night, land or city scape lens, where the lens should be as character-less as possible, i.e. the Noctilux coma and vignetting would be a no-go.

Keep the application in mind.

Roland.
 
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