Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bravo, Jim ... my thoughts exactly. Using a Noctilux at smaller than f1.0 >OR< using it with slower film makes NO sense at all.....you can buy THREE used lenses for the price of a Nocti, all of them better quality.....No, I don't have one, and Yes, I have Noctilust. But if I buy one, it'll only see 1600 films and "only come out at night" -- I'm about to buy a 90 elmar (preferably CLE) and reserve my 90 Summicron for the same purpose...I feel like an idiot using it at the park at f11. I miss getting the same (photographic) result with my exc. 90 elmar-M that I sold. It would fit in a pant's pocket, even on my fat ass. Walt On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Jim Brick wrote: > At 02:32 PM 1/7/99 -0800, you wrote: > > > >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 > > The Noctilux is a lens that is purchased for a SPECIFIC reason. To use it > at f/1.0 . To buy it as a general purpose 50mm lens does not make sense, > even if you are Bill Gates. Ever look through an M camera with a Noctilux > attached? It takes up half the viewfinder. I couldn't imagine trying to use > this lens for general purpose photography. It's an f/1.0 lens. You give up > half of your viewfinder to be able to photograph at f/1. Otherwise you get > your viewfinder back with a Summilux or Summicron. > > Jim >