Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All this needless concern about the possible dangers of using the Noctilux in bright light. Do as I do, and use the lens cap as a neutral density filter. The remarkable light magnification properties of the Noctilux will see through the cap with no problem and allow the use of that non-negotiable maximium aperture. This is the reason that Leica produces plain lens caps. Nikon users who tried this technique with the 50/1.2 Noct-Nikkor will no doubt recall with some embarassment the pictures they obtained by this method that had the word "Nikon" across the middle... Joe Berenbaum