Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Expensive Leicas and collectors
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 17:30:09 -0800

I use Linhof also!

IMHO...
I don't think the Noctilux technology fits in the R concept. The R was not
meant for low light and slow shutter. However... there's a 50/1.4 (one stop
from a Noctilux) and an 80/1.4 (5mm from the 75/1.4) so the systems are not
too dissimilar.

Jim


At 07:45 PM 11/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I use Linhof too.  Simple reason, you
>wanna TK, you gotta buy a Linhof.
>
>Why the SLRs continue to sell is not so
>clear to me, in the current autofocus age.
>But I've never used an R lens, maybe they
>they are like the M lenses.  (But there's
>no 50f1 R or 75f1.4 R, are there? too many
>r's...)
>
>bmw

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