Tell me not to buy a 35mm Nokton

Get a good used dSLR. The Nikon D200 should be attractively priced now that the D300 is out. I agree with the various statements about digital knocking the socks off film at high ISOs, especially in B&W where digital noise tends to show less. Also, if you are doing alot of freebie or cheapie weddings, your processing costs will be near zero with digital.

/T
 
Telewatt said:
sorry to hear your problems...

go for a real B/W Film with 1600 ASA ...take the Fuji 1600, it is a real good film to do that...and than in EMOFIN you will pull of all the stops!....

I'm new here but you can see 5 Pictures now in my "Picturebook"..😛..I do a lot of music stuff and you can see how the 1600er is going to the top!

good luck!

regards,

Jan
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Telewatt,
What is EMOFIN?

/T
 
Tuolumne said:
Telewatt,
What is EMOFIN?

/T
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EMOFIN is a developer from TETENAL.

It is a two step fine-grain developer for maximum speed yield. (or to get the contrast down..)..gives good detail especially shots into the light..ecepttionally fine grain..

regards,
Jan
 
Telewatt said:
EMOFIN is a developer from TETENAL.

It is a two step fine-grain developer for maximum speed yield. (or to get the contrast down..)..gives good detail especially shots into the light..ecepttionally fine grain..

regards,
Jan
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It does not appear to be available in the US.

/T
 
MRohlfing said:
Do not buy a Nokton! Buy a NOCTILUX! It is MUCH faster :angel:

Michael
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Faster in what way ?

- hand-holdability ? No.
- DOF at close focus ? No.
- Image quality wide open ? No.
- Faster to empy your wallet ? Yes ... priceless.

Unfortunately I cann't tell anybody not to buy the 35 Nokton. I'm lusting myself ...

Asking the goat to be gardener as we say in German ...

Roland.
 
ferider said:
Faster in what way ?

- hand-holdability ? No.
- DOF at close focus ? No.
- Image quality wide open ? No.
- Faster to empy your wallet ? Yes ... priceless.

Unfortunately I cann't tell anybody not to buy the 35 Nokton. I'm lusting myself ...

Asking the goat to be gardener as we say in German ...

Roland.
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Funny, I'd answer "yes" to all.
 
I think Emofin is similar to Diafine - the formulations are the same and you gain a stop in development with both.

I have been shooting Delta 3200 at box speed and developing in DDX - and getting much smoother tonality, lower contrast and fewer blown highlights than I have been able to achieve with Neopan 1600.

The only wedding I have done recently was on a rainy day last April - not a lot of light to work with. I shot Efke 400 and Fomapan 400 with a 35mm Summilux ASPH on the M6 and the results were very good IMHO - the bride and groom liked them as well.
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Someone mentioned the 40mm Nokton. This would be a good choice to carry around all day. The 35/1.2 is as big and heavy as a soda can.
 
parsec1 said:
Hold your Leica tightly and tell everybody " for gods sake STAND STILL" !!!
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Well you know, any lens becomes a Noctilux with the right film DOH!

Quite frankly, this is tiring. Trying to create a myth that lens A or lens B is faster and better then the Noctilux because it has a wider angle of field or closer focus is like saying a lada is as good as a Mercedes because "see, they both have 4 wheels!".

A secret between me and you: The summarit 50 2.5 is faster then the Noctilux if you underexpose your shots by 3 stops with it. Okay? So why spend the dough on a Noctilux?
 
jamiewakeham said:
I'm so tempted to blow the entire fee (plus some...) on a Nokton 35mm. If that ain't fast enough, nothing is. Shooting at 1/30th sec and f/1.2 has got to see me through fairly dark conditions even with XP-2 at ISO400, surely?

Anyone put a 35mm Nokton on an M3? In terms of limited DoF and associated focussing issues, the camera seems an obvious choice, even if using the whole VF to frame is a bit rough-and-ready. Should I calm down and get a 40mm f/1.4?

Cheers
Jamie
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Jamie,

IYP I would consider a 50/1.5 Nokton and TX @1250 in Diafine, it is a combo that I use with my M3 a lot. The 35/1.2 is certainly an outstanding lens (I have used it, but don't own it), but the 50 is very flare resistant in my experience (more than my 'cron) and a great value - even more so than the 35.

TX @ 1250 in Diafine is better than Neopan 1600 from my experience.

Good Luck, don't get stressed, have fun.
 
foto_fool said:
I think Emofin is similar to Diafine - the formulations are the same and you gain a stop in development with both.

I have been shooting Delta 3200 at box speed and developing in DDX - and getting much smoother tonality, lower contrast and fewer blown highlights than I have been able to achieve with Neopan 1600.

The only wedding I have done recently was on a rainy day last April - not a lot of light to work with. I shot Efke 400 and Fomapan 400 with a 35mm Summilux ASPH on the M6 and the results were very good IMHO - the bride and groom liked them as well.
84020016sm-vi.jpg


Someone mentioned the 40mm Nokton. This would be a good choice to carry around all day. The 35/1.2 is as big and heavy as a soda can.
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This could be the developer, but I'm no shure.....a Photographer of the "Leica Forum" told me, that he has bought a similar developer in US...

You picture is fine, but to low contrast now for me....the best of this developer is you get all the shadows and the highlights together....and if it is to low, you can go harder but you do not lost anything!...

Regards,
Jan
 
Nokton48 said:
Don't buy a 35mm Nokton.
Don't buy a 35mm Nokton.
Don't buy a 35mm Nokton.
Don't buy a 35mm Nokton.
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That sounds really strange from a person whose name is 'Nokton48' 😀

Does that name indicate you are owner of 48 Noktons? 😱
Do you want to have them all and nobody else should use that fine lens?

Michael
 
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