Voigtlander 50/1.1 Nokton Images !

I have always lOVeD those racetrack photos....oh soooo GOOD 'janrzm'

that last set is Splendid in colour 'BLKRCAT'

the nokton 1.1 is just Fantastic !
 
Nice pictures, BLKRCAT. The Triumph was difficult given that the length of it was fore & aft rather than across the frame, but a nice result. I especially like the Chihuahua and the guy in the coffee shop.

I have one of these interesting lenses, and it seems to front focus about 7-8 cm at a 1m distance. I have never determined whether the discrepancy was in the lens or the RF. Do you need to do any focus correction with yours?

Cheers,
Dez
 

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Dez said:
Nice pictures, BLKRCAT. The Triumph was difficult given that the length of it was fore & aft rather than across the frame, but a nice result. I especially like the Chihuahua and the guy in the coffee shop.

I have one of these interesting lenses, and it seems to front focus about 7-8 cm at a 1m distance. I have never determined whether the discrepancy was in the lens or the RF. Do you need to do any focus correction with yours?

Cheers,
Dez
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My own seems to be spot on, but my whole attitude about calibration is evolving. I have a few key lenses which front focus: I used to brood on this and make plans to have them adjusted etc, but I've discovered that some "lens bonding" is pretty effective.

The brain has a remarkable memory, like you remember a neighborhood or mountain trail, and it works with RF calibration too. One intense session for about 20 minutes seems to do it for me. I just walk around the yard, picking various objects at different distances with fast apertures. I shoot once and check the focus right away. The maligned M9 screen works fine for this, if you zoom. I adjust and repeat till I have it, and note how far "out" or "past" I need to turn my focus ring and split the image. Then I move on.

It's not long before I can get a very respectable hit rate. 🙂 And weeks later when I pull out the lens I remember.

The trick is to get past what's "off" and to get on what it takes to get a hit. English. Some of my lenses need english. And you get an enhanced sense of accomplishment when you nail a shot. 🙂
 
Dez said:
Nice pictures, BLKRCAT. The Triumph was difficult given that the length of it was fore & aft rather than across the frame, but a nice result. I especially like the Chihuahua and the guy in the coffee shop.

I have one of these interesting lenses, and it seems to front focus about 7-8 cm at a 1m distance. I have never determined whether the discrepancy was in the lens or the RF. Do you need to do any focus correction with yours?

Cheers,
Dez
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Thank you Dez. This is a fun lens to play with. I love getting out with it in the dark.

I was worried about lens calibration as Ive read numerous times that the lens does wonky things. Ive found that I either can't notice the focus errors or am lucky enough to have an excellent pairing with the 50 F1.1 and my M5.

Ive read that the lens is optimized for F1.1/1.4 and that it backfocuses when stopped down. DOF should take care of most of the focussing issues with that.

On my version I do find that it doesn't always like focussing around 50m and beyond. It can get quite soft and bloomy.
 
Excellent night photo BLKRCAT, may I ask which film did you use for the B&W? Thanks in advance
robert
PS: I specially liked the one with the cable car!
 
Actually since I started posting these I've used quite a bunch of film/developer combos.

I've used Eastman 5222 @ 1600 in rodinal, hp5+ @ 800 in rodinal, neopan 400 in Xtol, and neopan 400 in hc110

The images are linked to flickr where I have them tagged appropriately.
 
BLKRCAT said:
Actually since I started posting these I've used quite a bunch of film/developer combos.

I've used Eastman 5222 @ 1600 in rodinal, hp5+ @ 800 in rodinal, neopan 400 in Xtol, and neopan 400 in hc110

The images are linked to flickr where I have them tagged appropriately.
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Thanks, robert
 
Leica M5, Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Tmax400.

Erik.

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