Pickett Wilson
Veteran
But a Noct will instantly make you the best photographer in the world. 😉
Yes, and it's not a Noctilux in a cheaper barrel now is it.
I can't help but notice that this lens, in spite of all the pre release anticipation at someone finally giving us a cheap Noctilux, seems to have created less of a bang and more of a whimper from where I see it.
There's already been several for sale in the classifieds and the forum hasn't exactly been peppered with threads saying ... "Wow my new 1.1 Nokton has just blown my socks off!"
I remember 'P Lynn Miller' being very un-excited about his when he received it and amazingly I don't think Joe (Back Alley) has bought one yet! :angel:
What gives ... I thought this was going to be the new low light messiah?
...But I have a Canon 55/1.2 M-mount conversion that gives an honest f1.2 with very little vignetting ...
..I need to put a new engine in the wife's car. Meh.
Perhaps it has also been impacted by the rapid movement from film to digital, even among those on this forum. And that 50 on an M8 or RD-1, or even a 2x crop Pany or Olympus just isn't that useful a lens with the crop factor to drop 1K on.
I like the images I've seen... and I intend to purchase one some day. But yes, Keith is right; there was a lot more hoopla with the Nokton 35mm f1.2 some time ago.
. . . and I have to say I just don't see where all the decades of excitement about Noctilux's comes from. . . QUOTE]
Nor did I -- until I borrowed one. I expected it to be 'ho-hum'. But I really liked it for my own photography and if I had the money I'd buy one.
Same with the Thambar. If it suits you, great -- and there are plenty it doesn't suit.
Of course you are right that there's lots of rubbish produced with Noctiluxes by rich twits. But there's a lot of rubbish produced with Jupiters by poor twits. Money doesn't buy photographic talent!
Cheers,
R.