Leica M9 Photography

Noctilux .95 50mm M Lens

Wow, what a lens! This photo by MASA@ on Flickr gives you a great perspective on what it takes to make a lens with a wide-open aperture of .95. Lots of glass, even when Leica is making the lens. It’s kind of like putting a telescope, which is just a huge light collector, on your M9.

Of course, I’ve never actually seen one of these lenses in person. And I doubt I could ever get myself to spend $10k on one. But it sure would be fun. Low light. Very shallow depth of field. Lot’s of exercise lifting it to my eye. Awesome!

And, nice photo MASA@. Thanks for posting it!