Comments on: Old friend returns with new buddy! http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/old-friend-returns-with-new-buddy/ @ robertwrightphoto.com Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: david http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/old-friend-returns-with-new-buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 david Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:05:13 +0000 http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/?p=256#comment-4044 The next issue of Fraction Magazine, due out the first week of July, will have a portfolio of extraordinary photographs created with a Noctilux lens. www.fractionmag.com/ The next issue of Fraction Magazine, due out the first week of July, will have a portfolio of extraordinary photographs created with a Noctilux lens.

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]]> By: Robert http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/old-friend-returns-with-new-buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 Robert Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:49:17 +0000 http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/?p=256#comment-4030 the portion it is blocking is likely out of focus anyway:) hey you are blocking my bokeh! seriously, many lenses on rangefinders (mamiya excepted) block some portion of the viewfinder and you just get used to it. Generally the way one uses a viewfinder on a rangefinder is different than the way one uses a viewfinder on an SLR as I am sure you know. For me it is a vantage point and framing guide. On an SLR the viewfinder is more isolating. With rangefinders you see everything all the time so it is a different experience. I have never really looked at my frames to see if there is an errant poop in the lower right hand corner. You'd think shit would get in there all the time but rarely is it a problem. Biggest problem with the Noct is that it has more throw so takes longer to focus than a standard 50. It is not a "quick" lens. I actually didn't get it for it's low light capabilities, which are fun, but more for isolating figures against backgrounds at near distances. Likely as anything that I might have it tripod mounted in a portrait situation, a pretty non-standard use for a rangefinder/noct combo. the portion it is blocking is likely out of focus anyway:)

hey you are blocking my bokeh!

seriously, many lenses on rangefinders (mamiya excepted) block some portion of the viewfinder and you just get used to it. Generally the way one uses a viewfinder on a rangefinder is different than the way one uses a viewfinder on an SLR as I am sure you know. For me it is a vantage point and framing guide. On an SLR the viewfinder is more isolating. With rangefinders you see everything all the time so it is a different experience.

I have never really looked at my frames to see if there is an errant poop in the lower right hand corner. You’d think shit would get in there all the time but rarely is it a problem.

Biggest problem with the Noct is that it has more throw so takes longer to focus than a standard 50. It is not a “quick” lens.

I actually didn’t get it for it’s low light capabilities, which are fun, but more for isolating figures against backgrounds at near distances. Likely as anything that I might have it tripod mounted in a portrait situation, a pretty non-standard use for a rangefinder/noct combo.

]]> By: jonathan http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/photography/old-friend-returns-with-new-buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-4029 jonathan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:41:38 +0000 http://www.robertwrightphoto.com/writing/?p=256#comment-4029 does the F/1 on the leica bother you when it blocks such a large portion of the rangefinder? easy enough to overcome/get used to i suppose..... does the F/1 on the leica bother you when it blocks such a large portion of the rangefinder? easy enough to overcome/get used to i suppose…..

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