how is Noctilux during the day?

[usccharles]

how is the 50 Noctilux during the day... say with a velvia 50, aperature wide open to do some crazy day bokeh shots.

or even with the aperature stepped down for a 'normal' 50mm shot during the day?

you always hear good things about the Noctilux at night, but i wonder if it can be used as effectively during the day with good results.

don't flame me, but i have a noctilux... i just never got around to taking it out during the day 😀

:bang: sorry

but does anyone have any good daytime pics with the Nocti that i can see before my lazy bum actually goes out and try to take pics for myself??

thank you!!!

 

[J. Borger]

The Noctilux is fabulous during daytime ...
Just do not ask me for colorpicture, especially not Velvia 🙂

All samples at F1 with an R-D1 using 2 stop ND-filter .......

 

[usccharles]

AMAZING~~ !

Thank you! 🙂

 

[SteveRD1]

Just used it today!

Just used it today!

Used it today and it did pretty good. Mine was with an M7, Ilford Delta 400

 

[usccharles]

Used it today and it did pretty good. Mine was with an M7, Ilford Delta 400

SteveRD1 - thank you! those pics look great! and delta 400 is one of my favorites 🙂 i cant wait to try it out myself on my M6

thank you~

 

[richard_l]

If you don't have a fast enough shutter, get a suitable ND filter so you can shoot the Noctilux wide open in daylight and play with the wafer thin DOF.

Richard

 

[usccharles]

If you don't have a fast enough shutter, get a suitable ND filter so you can shoot the Noctilux wide open in daylight and play with the wafer thin DOF.

Richard

interesting idea. anyone tried this and can you recommend a good filter?

i don't know squat about filters... only used uv filters, for lens protection, so far.

do ND filters have significant impact on grain of film? say on a delta 400, shot on a bright day, wide open with the ND filter? how does this affect grain? is it comparable to say... delta 400 pushed +2? sorry if i'm making no sense! 🙂

thank you!

 

[J. Borger]

interesting idea. anyone tried this and can you recommend a good filter?

i don't know squat about filters... only used uv filters, for lens protection, so far.

do ND filters have significant impact on grain of film? say on a delta 400, shot on a bright day, wide open with the ND filter? how does this affect grain? is it comparable to say... delta 400 pushed +2? sorry if i'm making no sense! 🙂

thank you!

On a bright day you can not shoot wide open with an M7 .. especialy not on Iso 400 film.
Lower Iso film and/ or ND filters are the way to go.
I use B&W filters .. nr 102 (2 stops) and nr 103 (3 stops).
My samples were shot with B&W 102 ND filter ... no imagequality degradation to speak of! Just a slower shutterspeed as needed to shoot at F1.0
You can also stack them (makes 5 stops).
I need at least a 2 stop ND filter to shoot at iso 200 with 1/2000 shutterspeed. THe M6 has maximum 1/1000 shutterspeed i think (?) .. so you would need at least a 4 stop ND filter in the shootingsituation of my samples.
Or switch to Iso 100 film and use a 2 stop filter .. etc.

 

[Mark Norton]

You don't go out with your Nocti and use is on f11 all day, it's appeal comes from the way is looks when wide open or close to.

Good quality ND filters will not affect the technical quality of the image or the colour balance, they simply help you achieve correct exposure while still using the lens wide open.

 

[richard_l]

The Noctilux is also good for dark colored filters (for black and white film) without having to use a tripod. (On a slower lens, the shutter speed needed for a good exposure might be too slow for hand holding.) Just for kicks, you might enjoy something like a B+W 092 (deep red), or even the 093 (infrared), which can make a clear blue sky almost black and landscapes look weird and alien, even on ordinary black and white film. The meter on the M6 does a good job of compensating for filter factors, so there's no hassle except for screwing in the filter.

Richard

 

[usccharles]

thank you for all your replies... googling and researching filters now... 🙂

cheers~

 

[Ben Z]

I was under the impression a Noctilux has to return to its case before daybreak, or the first rays of sunlight will cause it to burst into flames and reduce to dust😀

 

[SteveRD1]

ND filters

ND filters

The shots I posted in this thread were taken in daylight hours, but inside using F1-F4 for most shots. No ND filter was used but I do have a B&W 8X ND filter that I have used on many occasions in full sun and it works great. As far as I can tell, I really see no image degradation when using it.

 

[Harry Lime]

how is the 50 Noctilux during the day... say with a velvia 50, aperature wide open to do some crazy day bokeh shots.

Sunlight kills vampires.
🙄



Just kidding. The Noct shoots perfectly fine in sunlight.




HL

 

[steve garza]

Heliopans are supposed to be the best....

Heliopans are supposed to be the best....

thank you for all your replies... googling and researching filters now... 🙂

cheers~

and they're actually cheaper than B&W. Typically need to be ordered through your retailer and takes a while to be delivered.

 

[jwinst]

That lens is insane. Its like standing 100 feet away with a 2.8 tele zoom.

 

[rxmd]

That lens is insane. Its like standing 100 feet away with a 2.8 tele zoom.

Could you elaborate? I guess you mean with respect to DOF?

Philipp

 

[JonasYip]

I have 6-stop ND filters in various sizes for all of my lenses that end in "lux" specifically for shooting wide-open in sunlight. Rangefinders are great for that kind of thing since you don't need to try to focus through the dark filter...

j

 

[Magus]

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[ywenz]

This guy on pbase has some great color portraits taken with the Noc during the day...

http://www.pbase.com/carl_zeiss_0101/cynthia_02