This guest post is by Roy James Shakespeare – check out his new e-book on the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show:
A piece of cake
Purchasing the 50mm Noctilux f/0.95 two years ago was a mammoth decision. Shortly after I thought, what an earth have I done. What a load of rubbish this lens was. I struggled with it on the M9 but not all the time. The only focus point where you could be safe was dead in the centre on the split screen. Compromising on composition at every turn. The results were amazing when you could get it right. I struggled also with the disappointing focus length at short distance, not quite getting close enough when I wanted to. The sharpness was a little sketchy also at times in the beginning, wide open and in my mind I was thinking how cute it would be to have a normal little 50mm f1.4.
