Amin Sabet
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I borrowed my brother's Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux today to do a quick comparison with my Mitakon Speedmaster II "Dark Knight" 50mm f/0.95 lens.
I shot both lenses on my Sony A7, the Mitakon natively, and the Leica using an adapter. The lenses are similar in weight and size:
It was freezing and overcast here in Boston, MA. I only had about 30 minutes to shoot, so I looked for still test subjects, not artistic compositions. Processing was done using default settings from Capture One Pro 8.1. I'll make the RAW files available in the second post.
Each image presented below is resized with a 100% crop showing the area of focus. I'll leave the conclusions to the viewer without further commentary.
Update: Full-resolution JPEGs and RAW files for download can be found in the second post in this thread.
Full-resolution JPEGs - Control-click (Command-click on a Mac) on these in a tabbed browser to compare full screen by switching tabs:
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/16258449362_4fe2f82315_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/15639375503_b9afb1ddb9_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8632/16259274255_6eb2f03b3a_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8609/16257450981_cf88fae037_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7503/16257450861_9258763dff_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8666/16073422017_73bd5ff897_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/16073421957_6066430dfe_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7525/16073136159_bec8158604_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8663/15636866524_23fd600737_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/16259273265_0a167acda9_o.jpg
Leica @ f/4: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8661/16259273545_7f8f5a8121_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/4: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/15639374143_1718362388_o.jpg
RAW files for download: Mitakon-Noctilux.zip
The A7 meters the Noctilux as being about 1/3 stop faster (eg, 1/400s for Leica vs 1/320s for Mitakon with both lenses wide open) though the Mitakon seems to have less light falloff wide open.
I shot both lenses on my Sony A7, the Mitakon natively, and the Leica using an adapter. The lenses are similar in weight and size:
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/60s
ISO 6400
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/10s
ISO 6400
It was freezing and overcast here in Boston, MA. I only had about 30 minutes to shoot, so I looked for still test subjects, not artistic compositions. Processing was done using default settings from Capture One Pro 8.1. I'll make the RAW files available in the second post.
Each image presented below is resized with a 100% crop showing the area of focus. I'll leave the conclusions to the viewer without further commentary.
Update: Full-resolution JPEGs and RAW files for download can be found in the second post in this thread.
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/1250s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/1000s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/1250s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/1250s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/250s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/200s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/400s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/320s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/400s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/320s
ISO 100
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/60s
ISO 200
ILCE-7
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f/1.0
1/60s
ISO 200
Full-resolution JPEGs - Control-click (Command-click on a Mac) on these in a tabbed browser to compare full screen by switching tabs:
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/16258449362_4fe2f82315_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/15639375503_b9afb1ddb9_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8632/16259274255_6eb2f03b3a_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8609/16257450981_cf88fae037_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7503/16257450861_9258763dff_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8666/16073422017_73bd5ff897_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/16073421957_6066430dfe_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7525/16073136159_bec8158604_o.jpg
Leica @ f/0.95: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8663/15636866524_23fd600737_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/0.95: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/16259273265_0a167acda9_o.jpg
Leica @ f/4: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8661/16259273545_7f8f5a8121_o.jpg
Mitakon @ f/4: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/15639374143_1718362388_o.jpg
RAW files for download: Mitakon-Noctilux.zip
The A7 meters the Noctilux as being about 1/3 stop faster (eg, 1/400s for Leica vs 1/320s for Mitakon with both lenses wide open) though the Mitakon seems to have less light falloff wide open.
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