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j.liam wrote:
If the NOCT is a niche lens even within the niche realm of ultra high-speed primes, shooting in flat, diffused daylight with background at some distance doesn't really showcase its unique capabilities under the conditions it was designed for.
Even so the level of resolution, contrast and acutance WO along with an absence of haze I normally expect from my 50/1.2 is striking.
I would agree with this sentiment.
You don't buy lenses like the Noct or Noctilux to stop down past f4, and it's not really fair to judge a lens like this based on "trying it out" for a very short period of time. I used a Noct for about 2 years before going to leica and picking up a Noctilux. I owned a Nikon 50mm 1.2 before buying my NOCT and the difference to me was I didn't feel shooting wide open was compromising image qualtiy. That little bit of extra contrast and sharpness made a huge difference to my eyes. In the end, it's very expensive to go from 1.4 to 1.2 (or 1 or 0.95), and the technical gains are relatively minimal.
But let me stress, I've never been a technical reviewer of lenses. I just use them as they were intended and see if I like the results.
Everything wide open, because I never wanted to stop the lens down:
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