Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux 50mm f1.4
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:41:28 -0700
References: <LAW2-F198TvRVuQ6z6w00002367@hotmail.com>

Barry Dinan wrote:
> 
> - thanks to all who responded to my last query re parallax error using 24mm.
>   Being new to rangefinder I had never thought of parallax error in relation
> to foreground obscuring background. -
> 
> I had the Noctilux 50mm on trial and after shooting a test roll with this
> lens I returned it to the shop and bought something else (The 75mm Summilux
> f1.4).
> The main reason I can't ever use this Noctilux lens is ridiculous - the
> things a bloody cuckoo!  It's too big for the M6.  When it's on the M6 and
><Snip>  Try before you buy.
> Don't get me wrong I do enjoy my M6 system.
> Regards,
> Barry Dinan
So your results with the 75? Is it smaller than a Noct?
Mark William Rabiner

In reply to: Message from "Barry Dinan" <hawkeyecreative@hotmail.com> ([Leica] Noctilux 50mm f1.4)