Leica 50mm f/1.0 noctilux-m manual focus lens

As Erwin Puts write about the version of Noctilux-M f/ in his Leica M Lenses book: "One could say that the 50mm f/ draws with a very sharply pointed pen and the Noctilux with a slanted pen to produce broader and smoother strokes. A special characteristic of the Noctilux is its shape preservation in out-of-focus- areas, bringing a remarkable depth of vision.  · One of Leica’s legendary lens designed in mid’s, Thambar 90mm f/ also gave this beautiful glow creating a very `soft focus’ look, now a collector lens. Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/ Lens when open wide has the soft and gentle transition similar to this lens yet maintains an excellent contrast and sharpness in the focused area of the image. For this very Estimated Reading Time: 12 mins. The Noctilux has a long throw focusing helix for more precise focusing which is needed at f/1; this makes focusing slower than with Leica's other 50mm lenses but it is needed with the very thin depth of field that the Noctilux produces at maximum aperture/5(3).

This f/1 lens was in turn replaced by the new LEICA NOCTILUX-M 50mm f/ ASPH in , which is aspherical once again. Canon made the world's first 50mm f/ rangefinder lens five years before Leica came out even with the f/ lens, and Leica is still smarting from that. With the Noctilux-M 50 f/ ASPH. Leica is re-issuing a lens that occupies a very special place in the company’s history. Produced from to , the Noctilux 50 f/ was the world’s first lens to feature aspherical elements and, as such, represented something of a sensation. The Noctilux has a long throw focusing helix for more precise focusing which is needed at f/1; this makes focusing slower than with Leica's other 50mm lenses but it is needed with the very thin depth of field that the Noctilux produces at maximum aperture.

Leica 50mm f/ Noctilux-M Aspherical Manual Focus Lens (Black) (with 6 Bit peak central resolution, compared to its predecessor, the 50mm f/ lens. Leica Noctilux 50mm f/ Leica M mount, discontinued and replaced with a new Noctilux, see above; Canon EF 50mm f/ for Canon autofocus SLR, now out of. Leica 50mm f/ Noctilux E58 · · Leica 50mm f/ · · Leica 50mm f/ Summilux M Aspherical Manual Focus Lens (6-Bit).