Joe, Phil, Allen, many thanks for your comments. Always appreciated
Joe, love the look of the nokton, it works very well on the MM. It does have a classic look combined with excellent 3D pop. But certainly the focus shift you are describing is way too extreme for rangefinder focusing, unless you shoot it close to WO all the time. I also noticed the DOF being not as shallow as expected. I think the C-Sonnar works differently. The DOF looks shallower than expected for the aperture, the trick being field curvature turning towards the camera.
Phil, very very nice. Such a great tonality and the subject matter lends itself to b/w.
Allen, nice work as usual. The Canon shot is fantastic ( and the subject too )
Dale, you did very well with the high contrast situation.
Gary, nice football shots (or do you call it soccer ), and good focusing skills on moving subjects.
Joe, here's to show you an example of the shallow DOF of the C-Sonnar, taken probably around f/1.5 or f/2. The melted background is not really my cup of tea, eventhough I know many people prefer that to the more defined bokeh of the planar.
Dexter, excellent shots. Really like the pop, especially on the 2nd 35Lux FLE shot.
Gary, wow love the rendering on the 50Lux on these. And great timing and focusing skills on the ball!
Thanks Edward and also thanks for the sample shot with the background blur. It actually looks really nice and the bokeh seems really smooth, kind of reminds me of my RX1 35 Sonnar. I did think about the 50 Sonnar but decided on the Nokton for the f/1.1 aperture Like Ron, said, we can't have too many 50s, so the quest continues...
I'll be back with pictures on Tuesday, with my new MM
Honestly boys.. worth the sonnar instead of Lux Asph? I Don't know if I should keep the 50LA and buy the sonnar (there was one time was my favourite lens), or what?
Keep 'em both Bruno! Honestly though, they are such different lenses that owning both would be a treat. If I would have to choose just one, I would keep the 50lux. Remember, one can never have too many 50's....
Gary, You're right.. I also have a 50 summarit on the way... 1.5 argggg keep the 50LA and the Summarit or for a fraction of the price, keep both in one lens? Sonnar? mm...
Certainly People talk about the POP and 3D effects about Zeiss Lenses but.. I find the Lux asph more 3D..
), and good focusing skills on moving subjects.
had the Nocti 50 f1, it was a bad rattling copy 
