Giant paperweight...I've had a black and a silver, both are too heavy to lug around. For me, it was part of the Leica Journey. I really don't need .95 on my m, especially at almost 800 grams. I'm with Rus, lets see an update for this beast. In the mean time I prefer the 1.2 Noct
I tried the regular 50 .95 in the local Leica Store, just to see. And honestly hated it. Hated the size, hated the VF blockage, seemed it was a one trick pony and if you didn't shoot at 0.95, what was the point?
I'm not kidding when I say this, but Leica should sell a version with no aperture ring, no aperture blades, but a set of ND filters. And call it the Noctilux Ultimux.
Titanium does eat tooling, quicker, so, is justifiably more expensive, all else being equal. Titanium products can be quite durable. I have some knives with titanium handles, that I carry. It seems perfectly sensible, to me, to make a lens barrel of titanium. Titanium looks really good, to my eyes, on the Noctilux. Beautiful, in an industrial design way.
Even if I wanted to use a lens the size of the f/0.95 Noctilux, on an M camera, $17K puts it out of my reach. (I do not want an f/0.95 Noctilux; too large for what it is, and my eyes have not seen images that convince me that it beats the Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.0 Aspherical, a nicely more-compact lens, that I do have.)
Why do I even think about using a $17K lens, anyway? If this edition helps Leicas bottom line, I am glad. It is good to know that such a lens exists.
Desmolicious wrote:
I tried the regular 50 .95 in the local Leica Store, just to see. And honestly hated it. Hated the size, hated the VF blockage, seemed it was a one trick pony and if you didn't shoot at 0.95, what was the point?
I'm not kidding when I say this, but Leica should sell a version with no aperture ring, no aperture blades, but a set of ND filters. And call it the Noctilux Ultimux.
I've experimented with all the Leica 50mm Noctilux lenses and I settled on the Leica 50/1 Noctilux (V3) mainly because I appreciate its unique rendering and it's notably lighter by around 200 grams when compared to the f/0.95. Another excellent option worth considering is the Voigtlander 50/1.1 Nokton (around $500 used market). This lens produces a similar rendering to the 50/1 Noctilux but with slightly higher contrast. It only weighs 415 grams and focus throw is way shorter. For those adapting it, it works great on the TAP2 AF adapter.
Fred Miranda wrote:
I've experimented with all the Leica 50mm Noctilux lenses and I settled on the Leica 50/1 Noctilux (V3) mainly because I appreciate its unique rendering and it's notably lighter by around 200 grams when compared to the f/0.95. Another excellent option worth considering is the Voigtlander 50/1.1 Nokton (around $500 used market). This lens produces a similar rendering to the 50/1 Noctilux but with slightly higher contrast. It only weighs 415 grams and focus throw is way shorter. For those adapting it, it works great on the TAP2 AF adapter.
I used to own the 50 1.1 aka the OG alternative to the Leica 0.95. I found it remarkably sharp wide open. Sold it under the too much stuff reason. I think also because I acquired the 40 1.2 which I used much more. And also because I just wanted to use smaller lenses.
Fred Miranda wrote:
The new special edition Titan version has a $16,995 price tag.
Let's not kid ourselves. Leica only released this lens after seeing how tasty the TTArtisans looked in Ti. And wanted some of that sweet, sweet Ti akshun
Desmolicious wrote:
Let's not kid ourselves. Leica only released this lens after seeing how tasty the TTArtisans looked in Ti. And wanted some of that sweet, sweet Ti akshun
Desmolicious wrote:
I'm not kidding when I say this, but Leica should sell a version with no aperture ring, no aperture blades, but a set of ND filters. And call it the Noctilux Ultimux.
And Leicaphiles, who as their wont coin nicknames, shall call it "The Forever Unblinking NoctiButts"
Desmolicious wrote:
If that happened on a new $200 lens I'd ask for my money back. But on a $20,000 kit? The most disturbing part is Leica has not addressed the issue with any of the owners who complained.
This is why I have no interest - even if money was not the issue - with the new Ti 50 0.95.
They have been at this sort of thing for years, I was about to buy a used M9 or M E when the sensor dbacle struck, it took a lot of pressure to get them to sort that out for owners. I bought an Xro2 instead. I've been an M owner sonce 1968 and still have one of the M3s I bought then.
