Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH

I purchased the Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH lens new in September 2013. A lens that many people dream about. A lens that many people hate without ever having tried it. This review will be based on my experience with this lens over the course of 10 months of usage. During those 10 months the Noctilux has been

Leica is famous for its high-speed optics. This article is about my experience with different versions of the fastest of them all: Noctilux. Hopefully, it will be helpful for those who is planning on buying one.

Leica's 50mm f0.95 Noctilux produces stunning images with a balance of bokeh and sharpness. It also has a price tag to match.

While bokeh often fascinates the photography enthusiast, it is only lesser photographers who worship bokeh, venerating it to such a degree as to displace the art of photography with engineering prowess. For most photographers however, professional or not, bokeh is appreciated, and rarely considered essential to their art.

The TTArtisan 50mm 0.95 is the latest addition to TTArtisan's lineup of fast M-mount lenses, how does it compare to the much more

Noctilux. Regardless of its generation – whether the pioneering (and very, very rare) f1.2 early version or the current super speed f0.95, it’s a bit of a legend amongst photographers, …

When testing Leica’s Summilux-M 24mm f/1.4 and Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 lenses I began to get a sense of what my erstwhile colleagues over at our sister publication Automobile feel when test driving a $450,000 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce. In my heart I know that few readers can afford these kinds of expensive lenses, but there are always those who can and for the rest of us, it’s something to dream about.

Leica Noctilux 0.95 Review: Disclaimer and Thanks: I am truly excited to write about this Noctilux. The original F1 version is one of my favorite lenses EVER, for any camera system. When I had the opportunity to review the new Leica 0.95 Noctilux, on my Leica M9 no less, I was ECSTATIC! So I just wanted to say Thank You to Leica for letting me try it out. This review is a bit longer than my others because when I am excited about a certain camera or lens I tend to include a ton of images (and there are MANY in this review) as well as write until my brain hurts. So without further ado, here is the Leica Noctilux .95 review...

Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH review