Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Lens Tests
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 18:43:18 +0000
 
At 07:36 AM 1/7/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Chris,
>
>I just sent the chart, and my editorial on Noctilux owners was not to
>offend.  Obviously you won one and if you need the F1 great! That's the
>reason you are paying the big bucks.  If you never use F1 and typically
>shoot in the middle apertures, the Noctilux is money for nothing.  Kind of
>like buying a BMX 7 series and only driving it two blocks to church once a
>week.
>
>Peter K


I hear this remark about the Noctilux occasionally. Just out of curiosity-
is there anyone reading this who uses a Noctilux who never uses f1.0 and
typically shoots in the middle apertures? 

Joe Berenbaum