Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, You really are evil! I agree that a Summicron would be a better companion to the Nocti. Nathan Eric Welch wrote: > Here's something to make you wonder. :-) > > William Albert Allard used to own and use three 50mm lenses, Noctilux, > Summilux and Summicron. But he normally keeps shooting wide open all the > time, so stopped down performance isn't much of a concern sine he had a > Summicron. He used the lens that fit the specific situation because he felt > they all had special characteristics wide open. > > Now chew on that... <evil grin> > > Personally, I would probably complement a Noctilux with a Summicron, not a > Summilux, if I was concerned with absolute image quality. > -- > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > Cooperation can only be reached if we work together - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html