Voigtlander M 35/1.4 Nokton Images

A few from a recent trip to Omaha:

Wedding Videographer, Joslyn Art Museum May, 2010


Shooting The Guys, Joslyn Art Museum May, 2010


At The Bar, LaCasa, May, 2010

I think your shots do the best job of displaying the performance of this lens a really excellent middle distance lens in particular. That is were is seems to shine.
 
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Here's four shots from my most recent roll. M4-P, New Portra 400.
The last shot illustrates the barreling out that drives some people crazy--doesn't really get me that bad.

First shot is either f/2 or f/1.7--It don't notice the lens going all glowy until I hit f/1.4 proper; in my experience, f/2 is generally safe in that regard.

Also, I tend to think the bokeh cleans up somewhat at f/2 as well; however, this may be based on circumstantial evidence.

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Leica M2, Nokton 35mm f1.4 SC - at f1.4 and 1/60s. This is with Kodak Double X, rated at 400 iso and developed in Td 201 two bath developer. About a 30% crop from the full negative.
 
Question to whom it may concern: do you all actually compose with the focus shift when you stop down from F/1.8 to F/5.6, or you never bother compensating it manually, and rather rely on the increased depth of field to have your subject in focus (or almost in focus)?
 
I haven't worried about focus shift. Its a 35mm lens so stopping it down gives me enough dof to ignore it.

Frankly, rangefinder calibration and imprecision on my part focusing due to parallax are more likely to be a source of problems shift with this lens.
 
Question to whom it may concern: do you all actually compose with the focus shift when you stop down from F/1.8 to F/5.6, or you never bother compensating it manually, and rather rely on the increased depth of field to have your subject in focus (or almost in focus)?
Only at close focus. At longer distances there is no practical problem.
 
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