Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or buy the (for Leica) lower cost Noctirex model without diaphragm. The Noctirex will always give you optimum image quality at F1.0 - it's all you can use it for. If you need to let less light in, I believe that you can get 60mm ND filters to screw in the front - but don't think you'll retain the image quality. So let's see. K25 in bright sunlight would be approx 1/30 @ f16, which I kalkulate to be the same as 1/1000@ f2. Pop on an ND filter and away you go! Best Film, best lens at F1.0, and you can use it indoors or out. Carry a spare body with Neopan1600 , and you're just about covered for every lighting condition. I understand for my Leica sources that this model, with no aperture blades (nor the f-stop ring, as it is redundant) is only available at selected dealers on the Special Leica day of April 1 each year. The typo's in this post result from loss of manual dexterity incurred due to wearing the thick flame-proof gloves that are a part of the suit, boots and helmet outfit I always wear when posting to the LUG. :=) Alistair - ---------------------- Forwarded by Alistair Stewart/NORWELL/GIGA on 01/06/99 03:32 PM --------------------------- From: Kotsinadelis @ peterk on 01/06/99 03:06 PM To: leica-users @ leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us@SMTP@GIGAEXCH cc: Subject: RE: [Leica] Lens Tests Yes, it is the best F1 lens. Slightly better than the Canon EOS F1 lens. I would say the noctilux is a great lens if you need the fastest available, but if you don't need F1, you can save a ton o money and improve you pictures too! - -----Original Message----- From: Rick Floyd [mailto:rick_floyd@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 11:36 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Tests Peter wrote: <<Summicron users will be expecially pleased, while Noctilux users may look to their nearest liquor cabinet.>> Actually Peter, if you think about the data, the Noctilux tested to be the best f1.0 lens. In addition, since the "tests" were conducted wide open, you could say the Notilux scored higher at f1.0 than any other lens tested ever. Other than that, the data is pretty useless... Rick