Latest or all posts or last 15, 30, 90 or 180 days.
2024-03-29 07:39:25
Designed for the most demanding needs of photographers and videographers.
877-865-7002
Today’s Deal Zone Items... Handpicked deals...
$5999 $4399
SAVE $1600

$999 $849
SAVE $150

$2599 $2099
SAVE $500

$1149 $949
SAVE $200

$2299 $1849
SAVE $450

$1049 $879
SAVE $170

$899 $749
SAVE $150

$1099 $1099
SAVE $click

$680 $680
SAVE $click

$398 $328
SAVE $70

$348 $248
SAVE $100

$999 $699
SAVE $300

$5999 $4399
SAVE $1600

$4499 $3499
SAVE $1000

$999 $799
SAVE $200

$799 $699
SAVE $100

$1199 $899
SAVE $300

$1099 $849
SAVE $250

$348 $248
SAVE $100

$1601 $998
SAVE $603

$3399 $2999
SAVE $400

$3997 $3697
SAVE $300

$5999 $4399
SAVE $1600

$3399 $2999
SAVE $400

Lens aberrations with the Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH

Just how good is the Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH? It’s one of the world’s most expensive lenses that can be bought at a store, if you can find one in stock (if one does show up in stock, thanks for using the link from this site!). Leica reportedly can produce only twelve copies a day, and they are not made every day.

The Noctilux uses exotic types of optical glass, as well as an two aspheric elements. Five of the eight elements are “anomalous partial dispersion”, three of those have high refractive power, and the two aspheric elements are ground and polished mechanically, a very expensive and time-consuming process. Reportedly, one of the elements must be coated within 20 minutes or it will oxidize. Not exactly a simple lens to build, hence the high cost.

I have to chuckle when I get the occasional email complaint about purple fringing wide open with some Zeiss f/1.4 and f/2 lenses. If Leica can’t eliminate purple fringing for US$10,495, I guess that’s the way it is. See picture below and that’s the entire frame, not a crop. Purple fringing is also due in good measure to the sensor/camera, not the lens alone. The M9 sensor is very prone to it.

So just how good is the Noctilux? Just published in DAP in my Guide and Review of the Leica M9 is a new page on Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens aberrations.

What aberrations show up at f/0.95?
Leica M9 + 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH @ f/0.95

View all handpicked deals...

Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm f/2 Aspherical Lens for Sony E
$999 $849
SAVE $150

diglloyd Inc. | FTC Disclosure | PRIVACY POLICY | Trademarks | Terms of Use
Contact | About Lloyd Chambers | Consulting | Photo Tours
RSS Feeds | X.com/diglloyd
Copyright © 2022 diglloyd Inc, all rights reserved.