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Thank you, Erik. I will try to use this lens well.
I have bought and sold a lot of lenses in my life time. To date there are only two lenses I regret selling. The Nokton 50mm f1.1 VM is one of them. The damn thing was built like a grenade, big for an M-mount lens and heavy too, but it it possessed magic. If the weather turned bad, the rain was gonna fall, most people were heading home... it was time to break out the Nokton 50mm f1.1 and have some fun.
All the best,
Mike
Rainy days may include several hours of overcast but rain free hours?
Erik: I have LR5 and CS2 and also Perfect Effects 9. I chose the Tri-X 400 settings in the latter.I am not really into PS a lot. Just the basics.
Do you feel that the 50/1.5 Heliar is best suited for B&W?
I am trained for many years to nail the most appropriate exposure with a slow slide film such as Fujichrome 50. There was no PS or similar programs. The smallest error would result in a poorly exposed transparency.
This review is comparing a bunch of 50mm lenses including the 50 1.1 and 1.2. Unfortunately not the 1.0. It looks like the 1.2 is much better overall than the 1.1
https://www.47-degree.com/focus-shift/leica-m-50mm-lens-comparison-part-4