Samples Images from the Leica 50mm F/0.95 Noctilux and 90mm F/2 Summicron
After trying the D-LUX 5 at Photo Plus Expo 2010, I had the opportunity to shoot with two very legendary lenses in the Leica lineup. The 50mm F/0.95 Noctilux is the fastest lens available in the lineup and the 90mm F/2 has been touted as one of the sharpest lenses the manufacturer makes. See the samples below, all of which were shot wide open.
The intro photo for this story was shot with the Noctilux. All photos shot with the Leica M9 reviewed a while back.
Leica 50mm F/0.95 Noctilux
Leica 90mm F/2
For portraits, the 90mm is amazing. This is also one of the perfect portrait focal lengths.
Gevon Servo
Julius Motal
Matt Beardsley
Nigel Paterson
The Emographer
Most of the 90mm shots are clean and sharp. A lot of the 50mm are soft. Is that typical of this wide open lens?
Peter
October 31, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Hi Peter,
The 50mm F/.0.95 is very hard to focus, but from reviews I’ve read it is soft wide open.
-Chris
Chris Gampat
October 31, 2010 at 12:46 PM
the leica noctilux, very large and heavy can be tough to focus at f/0.95
there are many samples on the web where incredible results were attained with the noctilux wide open.
popphoto magazine did a test last year showing that at f/0.95, the noctilux was nearly as sharp as primes by canon and nikon at f/5.6
paul
November 1, 2010 at 9:51 AM