LEICA NOCTILUX 50 F0.95 VS TTARTISAN 50 F0.95 

imagine casually walking around with a $15,000 lens on your shoulder? I don't think so.

Amazing review! Thanks so much for the comparison shots!

Awesome review! Thank you! Really nice images too. Great work!

This review is GREAT! We needed a matchup review between these two lenses (the Leica vs the TT)! Great job!

Now, that is how you compare lenses. Great job. You cover all the bases. Very well done !

I own the TT artisans 50mm f0.95 and i love using it ,its a beautifully made lens with high performance to match and i am pleased that it stood up well v the leica noctilux in many respects.

An excellent, thorough review. Next time we need you to have a shoot-off between the 50/1.2, 50/1.0, 50/0.95, and 75/1.25 Noctiluxes. Time to crown the king of the night!

Great reviews Andrew as always. The time your putting creating these reviews and personal feedback is well appreciate it. As for the Noctilux, which is the one I would prefer adding.....well not really due to the price, but if I had to choose I would definitely go for the Leica. But being a street photographer shooter as you know... ergonomically and size weight it's more than a brick. Your lucky you got to play with both lens..... especially the NOCTI 🔴 Excellent vid brotha!!!

Excellent review! Looking at your comparisons from the 3 lenses, I also prefered the summilux bokeh out of the three.

very in depth review man! keep it up 🔥👍

I love my pre 6 bit code brass and chrome Cron. It loves on my M10P. I tend to use the Chinese fast m lenses on the SL, but find the 59 Cron, 75 Summarit and 90 pre ASPH Cron are perfect on the rangefinder

Very nice review - comparison! I’m getting the Ttartisan at the fraction of the Leica…will be used on two mirrorless cameras, the SL2s and the GFX 50Sii. I read that focus (infinity I believe) adjustment at the rear of the lens is critical. I need to learn some more…thanks for sharing. Cheers..

Excellent video thank you. I have the TTArtisan 50mm .95 for Nikon Z and it is wild how good of photos I have gotten with that lens for the price. Now I want to try the Leica Noc for my M11.

Can’t wait to see these up against the Voigtlander 50/1.0 when it’s released. So much competition now in every focal length.

Merci! Nice comparisons!

Great review! I was considering noctilux too, but end up with 50mm apo summicron. Better overall IQ, smoother bokeh, smaller package, and also reliable in term of RF focusing.

i got 7 aritsans 35mm F0.95, love the video review!

Hey, love the review! Thanks for the insights. Quick question for ya, which soft shutter is this? They look great and I’d love to cop one for my M2. Thanks again!

I’m about to pick up the TTA 0.95. Any idea which coding I should use- noctilux 0.95 or 1.0?

Great comparison! Imho the Noctilux is outdated and overrated. Checkout for example the Sony 50mm 1.2 GM - yes, not f0.95, but damn close. In my opinion it's clearly a better lens and - drum roll - has autofocus. Something definitively very useful at apertures of f1.2 or faster.

Good review. As an engineer, I like your break down even though you never went over specs. I am looking for scientific reasons.

Great review !!! thanks for share it.

Good, useful presentation. Thanks! I revisited it today, after some test shooting with my new Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.0 VM. In short, nothing has yet become a serious threat to my much-loved Summilux-M 50mm ASPH. The Nokton f/1.0 VM is a quite nice supplement/complement, occupying a “sweet spot,” in size, weight, and available aperture width. I have never handled a Noctilux f/0.95, but do not think that I would want to tote that much weight or bulk, on an M camera, and the TTartisan 50mm f/0.95 is even larger and heavier than the Noctilux. If I decide that I need a “more optically perfect” 50mm M-mount lens, the 50mm APO VM would be a leading contender, but I am not paid for my images, so there is no rush. (In the long term, curiosity about the 50mm APO VM will probably get the best of me, eventually, but even an APO would probably be a niche lens, unless I decide to start using 50mm for more landscapes, or perhaps product or forensic/evidentiary photography.)

Nice review. Thank you.

It's always strange to me when people gasp so much about the 50/.95 Noctilux, cause I never liked the way it renders images and background elements. I think the 50/1.0 Noctilux is the actual gem in the Leica stable with more spherical aberration and much more interesting bokeh, and the 0.95 is just a flex.

Great review!

Cool review, same as the other guy in the comments waiting for the voigtlander version ! On a side note I've had this photo of this photographer from the 60s using an m3 with a metal strap and here i stumble upon your video and you have the same strap!! Can you please share for where did you get that? Thanks again!

BTW, have you had the chance to try the 7 Artisans 50mm f/1.1 (M Mount)? Thanks, Don

Nice comparison. Clearly though, at 9:04 the TTArtisan renders sharper @ f/1.4. Worthwile to note since you'd own such a lens for the wider apertures.

That Mazda looked really cool with the 0.95 Car and landscape photography should be more common at such low f-stop

Please do a review on Apo Summicron 50/2 in the future!!

Great review man, now I'm hungry for some onion rings and bokeh balls!

Where did you get that light green strap / leash on the black camera ( M10 ) ?

Video @ 12:59 - Look at the edges of the out of focus bokeh. The Noctilux is 'lamp-shading' (sharp edges on round subject matter) ! - The TT-Art is amazing with its smoothness! Still, these specialized optics are mainly for LIGHT GATHERING duty, not an Everyday Carry lens. - Remember, you're paying for the cumbersome extra bulk & weight so you can have the light striking the front element to be THE SAME as the rear element ! - And yes, when you wish to blow your background into OBLIVION, these should be used...

Did you cover field curvature and focus breathing?

great job

hmm, while you were saying it never gets as sharp as the noctilux on the edges, what I am seeing from the pictures was the opposite. Did you accidentally labeled them wrong?

Thanks!

The main difference between the 2 lenses is the level of tension and sweat you have when hold them with your hands.

Please do review comparison of Leica 35mm apo vs Leica 50 mm apo

Can you link down the camera strap you used on 2:04?

I wonder how the Leica m 50mm 1.2 would match up

I think a f.95 Lens serves very little purpose, for the expense of it.. However, quite a few years ago I had the early version of f1.0, used it a few times, and couldn't wait to get rid of it.. Ended up getting satisfying results with f1.4 Lenses, and do not miss the f1.0 at all.. I have a Konica 58mm ~ f1.2 that I use occasionally just to impress my Clients with.. $500 compared to 4500 - still a very decent lens for a fraction of Leica..

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You might want to try the Nikkor 58mm f/0.95

Did you have to calibrate the Artisan lens?

At this price difference, the risk of losing life/safety vs losing $180 is much more significant than image quality differences 🤣

Have no interest in Leica but was fascinated about the outcome of two lenses priced drastically different

Difficulty with any rangefinder camera with a large aperture lens like these is focusing accuracy. At f0.95 the plane of focus is tiny demanding the camera focusing system to have absolute accuracy between lens to camera's film plane. Higher contrast is not always better, there is a balanced between contrast to resolution to out of focus rendition to in-out of focus rendition and much more. These uber large aperture lenses that are the current Foto fashion are more novelty status lenses than truly useful creative image making tools. While there are images that demand and can greatly benefit from uber large aperture lenses, majority of images do not benefit from these uber large aperture lenses.

Well the Noctilux lens hood seems very expensive… :)

Noctilux is best with Leica Monochrom

All these new manual lenses for this price why no one compare it with old vintage lenses who are in sama price ? All compare these new manual lenses always compare with much more expensive lenses, yes interesting see what "not get" for the price. But "we" who want to buy a lens in 100-300 dollars price range probably thinking about buy old manual vintage lens or a new manual lense. Can someone please make a comparison between old vintage manual lenses like 50mm f1.2-1.4 Pentax, Minolta, Canon or Nikon manual lense to new manual lenses.

voigtlander 50 f1 is a beast for the price if you compare with sumilux 50 f0.95

strange on that landscape photo at 0.95 you said TTartisan never have sharpness of leica - but those trees on right are way sharper on TTartisan.

I would really be interested in hearing Lecia justify that price. Its made in Germany isn't a reason enough.

Try them on Leica digital bodies against the Sony, the Leica software does wonders.

Why talking about f/1.2 /2 or /5.6. The only one propose of those lenses is f/0.95. For extremely sharp f/2 and above we have a tones of lenses in price range between 50-1000€ Thank you for review

$14k CAD for onion rings!

Well, it’s on 13k. So, smile

not 1/2 stop increment but one stop increments.

Smooth bokeh ist kind of boring. I like my bokeh old skool...like the Summicron 35mm "King of Bokeh".

The sharpness of the TTArtisan wasn’t usable for my taste. If I have to stop it down to get acceptable sharpness, I’d rather just use a Summicron - even the older Summicrons are sharper at f2 than the TT

No need for a 15000 dollar lens other than to just say you spent 15000 bucks.

15000 dollars for a lens is a scam. Pure and simple.

Serious? You pay $16k for the 50 Noc? The price is $13k only 🤣

The West innovates, and the Chinese copy. 👎

First of all, I need to say that I am not a sino-phobe. However, I hate, detest, I need to throw up, when I see those copied Chinese lenses (I don't care if they have a simialr optical design or not, it is just the pure industrial look). I hate them because they jump onto the marketing train of Leica. Today, with computers and all that gizmo it should be easy to come up with an own product ID. Zeiss, Voigtlander etc did more effort for their own ID. Those XXartisan/xartisan lenses should not even be on the market. It is like the copied cars, the fake Rolex and Omega watches and so on and on. I could go on ranting but I will stop here.

You can’t be clinical with testing M mount lenses on a Sony senor. You’re gonna get halo, CA, fringing, and color casting. Rent or borrow an M10 and you’ll find a different conclusion.