I'll be happy to see your images posted here!
The Nokton 50/1.0 is an optical feat.
Brian,
No special reason that I posted all those over there, except that there’s almost no limit on file size and they load faster. I have more to come, and it’s pretty much an academic exercise. I’ve tried to frame shots which would display various aspects of rendering different types of things, flare, point light sources, focus falloff at varying distances, and last but least, sharpness and contrast. I’ve got an inordinate amount of fast Fifties, and bought the Nokton 50/1 to test it for myself, against many of the others, because It’s the only way I’ve ever learned what works for me. I was wondering if it could replace the 50/1 Noctilux, in terms of rendering, and was planning on selling off one or the other. The more I compare them, the less sure I am about which to keep. Some people will look at all those images and see them as looking all more or less “the same”. When I look at them they look similar, but not nearly the same in important ways. I thought it would be easy to decide which to sell, but it’s only become harder the more I compare them. The only thing I’ve ever disliked about the Noctilux is that the focus ring is too narrow and too close to the body. The Nokton, on the other hand, is a joy to use, everything is right where it feels like it should be.
The reason I was attracted to the 50/1 Nokton was the promise of exotic glass formulation used in the front element, more than anything else, something I’ve found to be at least as important as the optical design, if not more so. Also, my experience with the 75/1.5 Nokton which I found to be better, for my purposes, than the 75 Summilux, which I quickly sold off. Was thinking the 50/1 Nokton might be able to do the same thing to the Noctilux, just not sure yet. Seems superb though on its own terms.
