RE: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Nathan:

If you really NEED the Noctilux for low-light fine.  Or like many, if you
just want to say you own one that's fine too!  But if your photography is
generally done using F4 through F11, you're wasting your money.  Might as
well save the difference in $ and put it toward your next lens of a
different focal length.

Peter K

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From: RBedw51767@aol.com [mailto:RBedw51767@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 10:07 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous


Nathan:

You do have a dilemna.  I don't know if I could make a good decision either.
My initial thought when I first started considering the Noctilux was I would
need another 50mm for non-lowlight photography.  I thought that the Noctilux
would not be as sharp and I do believe that this is somewhat correct.
However, there is not as much difference as I thought there would be.  The
Noctilux will do everything that the Summilux or the Summicron will do.  In
my
opinion the perfect mate to the Noctilux is the 75/ 1.4  which I do not own,
yet!   Please let me know your opinions of the Noctilux after you shoot with
it.

Thanks,
Bob




<< Bob,
 
 I tried a Noctilux in Lucien's office once, and last week at a dealer in
Brussels.
 The slides convinced me that this is a lens for me.
 
 I am struggling a bit right now with the decision as to whether to keep my
other
 50mm lens, the 1.4 Summilux. I do find the 50mm focal length useful, and I
 originally bought the Summilux as a compromise between the optical quality
of
the
 Summicron and the speed of the Noctilux. Now that I have the real thing, I
am
not
 sure it makes sense to keep two 50mm lenses. I guess I will have to shoot a
bit
 with the Noctilux at more normal apertures and see how I like the results.
 
 Nathan >>