After shooting this lens, I firmly believe that Leica should be ashamed of themselves for charging $5,000 dollars for the Noctilux! The 35mm Nokton($800 dollars) is pound-for-pound the better lens--hands down! If the 35mm Nokton had the words "LEICA or LEITZ" stamped on it, you can bet it would cost $8,000 dollars! Thanks to Voightlander, for less than $1,000 dollars, I can still get my Bokeh on!