Hi

I was wondering- I have seen a lot of B&W Noctilux photos but I haven't seen any pictures of it being used in low light on colour film. Does anybody know where there could be examples?

Thanks Erik

-- Erik Loponen (eloponen@hotmail.com), November 14, 2001

Answers

http://www.alaska.net/~rowlett/noctilux.htm

Check out this webpage for some Noctilux photos in color........

-- Muhammad Chishty (applemac97@aol.com), November 14, 2001.

I remember seeing some examples in Leica-Photographie a few issues back earlier this year. Some dude shot the Noctilux on Kodak Portra and it was rather exceptional. Also there are a few examples in this year's issue of the Viewfinder of the LHSA. I will research and try to find some for ya :)

Alfie

-- Albert Wang (albert.wang@ibx.com), November 14, 2001.

If you want to see something unique use the Noct and Kodacrome PKR-64 wide open. It has a look that no other combination of lense and film can match you can pick the slides out very easily on a light table. However I have never had any luck turning them into digital images the qualetys just seems to vanish on ths moniter or in a print. Maybe someone on the list has had better luck than I have had.

-- Al Henry (J Henry@provide.net), November 14, 2001.

Also unfortunately a lot of the "noctilust" crowd are fervently stuck in B&W land and refuse to budge.

There are a few links however to some colour Noctilux work in the FAQ - along with short blurbs about the Cannon f1.0 EL, 60's era f0.9 and Zeiss NASA f0.7 lenses

-- Andrew Nemeth (azn@nemeng.com), November 14, 2001.

There are reasons why I don't shoot color with the Noctilux. One is the obvious 2.5 stop vignetting. The vignetting looks very nice with b&w and sometime not so obvious, but it is very obvious and can look down right crappy with color depending on the scene, i.e., sky or bright object near the edge of the frame. Second reason: I use the Noctilux when it is dark out so any color film will need to be corrected to match the light which will be on the bluish side. So do I need a color correction filter that cuts 2 stops from my precious f/1? No way! Of course the color balance can be fixed in digital but that is not my style.

-- ray tai (razerx@netvigator.com), November 18, 2001.