Irakly Shanidze

I am talking about any slide film. Exposure latitude for Fuji Provia is 2.5 stops with -2EV bias.
Not sure what you mean by "look better than digital". Better than which digital in particular?...

That's what my intuition tells me too. If it had a full-frame sensor, it would have been already hailed as the main selling point :)

Linear distortion is a visible change in perspective introduced by a lens. Basically, short lenses make close objects look larger than in reality while making distant objects appear smaller ...

As mentioned above, M9 or M240, or M262 is perfectly fine. As for lenses, if Leica seems out of your reach, Carl Zeiss ZM lenses optically rival and in some cases (1.4/35 and 2.8/15) supersede ...

Well, for a lens, which is out of production, all you need is three really good reviews from independent sources. When the last 1/50 came out, blogging wasn't a thing, hence the apparent lack of ...

you think this is how many noctiluxes are around? :D

It i perfectly understandable: rendering of this lens (and other super-fast primes for that matter) is unusual and eye-catching for someone who hasn't used such optics before.

Very impressive work!

It is a bit too close for the 50mm. Linear distortion did come into play.

I probably wouldn't use it for infinity shots, especially wide open.  This lens is optimized for up to 5 meters. Also, you clearly got infatuated with magical B&W, yet, 1/50 Noctilux is actually an ...

that's correct: 2.8/45 and 3.5/55 lenses render colors a little bit differently. 55 seems to be more true to life.

I still have a Polaroid 120 medium format film scanner. Used to be one of the best in the industry. It does not have ICE dust removal, but I think it's a good thing when it comes to sharpness...

digitizing may result in loss of sharpness and shadow detail (unless you use a drum scanner), but not colors.

I really like this. Looks very cinematic.

In all honesty, if i ever needed to shoot film again, Fuji Provia 100F would be my stock of choice. It has much less grain and neutral saturation more suitable for digitizing. For low light Provia...

Printing from slides is a whole lot more difficult than printing negatives. Results were beyond beautiful, but the process was super tedious, smelly and toxic.

or print cibachrome :)

Well, it does not. Slide film is so sensitive to overexposure that it is recommended to rate it at least 0.5EV above its nominal ISO and expose for highlights. Photographic latitude of the slide...

LOL that's some serious signature oversaturation there! -1.5EV is a neat reversal film trick :)

Bulharest is a photographic haven :)