Bully
Established
Now it is official, the legendary Noctilux has been discontinued. It is no longer in the pricelist (01.04.08) but appears on the official homepage.
ferider
Veteran
Together with competitive ZM and/or CV offerings ? 
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
yes, the CV f.95 offering in M mount.
chikne
Well-known
A canon 1.2 recently sold for over $600!!!!
raid
Dad Photographer
Great! Now my Canon 50/1.2 is worth more, as it should be.
It has always been an undervalued lens.
It has always been an undervalued lens.
visiondr
cyclic iconoclast
Please, please, please Leica, don't change the Bokeh!
Lower the price, lighten the weight, lessen the impingement on the 50 mm frameline view, and please let it make a very creamy espresso!
:angel:
chikne
Well-known
Might be the right time to get the 1.4 while we can :angel:
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
just buy any 50mm lens with an f stop opening of f1.5 or greater.
do it now before sellers read all this on the RFF and jack up their price as is the norm.
do it now before sellers read all this on the RFF and jack up their price as is the norm.
ampguy
Veteran
This signifies the end of RF photography.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
yes, I would say so.
raid
Dad Photographer
I bought a Canon 50/1.4 and a J-3 50/1.5 the past few weeks. This is lucky timing.
Mackinaw
Think Different
Probably a bit too harsh. Maybe better to say that it ends an era of RFF photography.
Jim B.
raid
Dad Photographer
I don't think so.
Eliminating such an expensive lens means little to most of us here.
Not many people are able to spend over $1000 on any lens.
The exotic lenses can cost $4000 and up.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
actually, i've heard that Leica wants to redesign it in order to make it work as true f/1.0 on their new medium format digital rangefinder.
It will be 6x45 format digi sensor, but horizontal, not vertical like the film rf's.
And with a 50mm f/1.0 it will be a super street combo.
It will be 6x45 format digi sensor, but horizontal, not vertical like the film rf's.
And with a 50mm f/1.0 it will be a super street combo.
ampguy
Veteran
size does not matter for the ultimate quality
size does not matter for the ultimate quality
Would you trade your Noct for the CV 35/1.4 which is very tiny?? didn't think so
size does not matter for the ultimate quality
Would you trade your Noct for the CV 35/1.4 which is very tiny?? didn't think so
Ororaro
Well-known
It signifies the end of RF photography as much as an announcement of McDonalds stopping to produce McNuggets would mean the end for Chicken meals around the world.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
huh, Ned, you just compared noctilux to chicken nuggets?
you like chicken nuggets sooooo much??
you like chicken nuggets sooooo much??
Ororaro
Well-known
Hehe!
Actually I was answering to ampguy and just being funny.
As much as I love the Noctilux, I don't think its discontinuation means the end of RF photography.
MikeL
Go Fish
One of the best lines in an ad campaign, ever, "Parts is parts."
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Or more likely German-built ZM, as Zeiss is interested in 'landmark' lenses. And why only f/0.95? Canon has already done that. I'd back even faster. The fact that d-o-f will be zero and the lens will need to be calibrated to the body will only worry those 10-20% who buy it to use; the rest will buy it because it exists...
Cheers,
R.