Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/06

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Subject: Re: Noctilux F1 and use?
From: Bill Grimwood <bgrim@garply.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 10:38:08 -0600

At 09:43 AM 1/6/97 EST, you wrote:
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>I have been using this particular lens for some time and I use it wide open at
>f.1 or 1 stop down most of the time while shooting by "available darkness" and
>wondered how many others use theirs in a similar manner?
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>Or is it used always stopped down, and if so "why"?  When it is such an
>incredible lens at the largest aperture and the ethereal affects of the
>backround either in b&w and certainly with colour.
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>Not to mention the subject separation while wide open.
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>Any comments?

I use mine the same way.  If I was going to stop down I would use a
Summicron and not carry the extra weight.  I use it for its speed only.
Bill Grimwood
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>ted grant
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