Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 6/22/01 4:47:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mxsmanic@hotmail.com writes: << Why is a slower version of the Noctilux $2000 more than the f/1 version? >> Very limited mid-1960s production, very expensive to manufacture: handmade with hand-ground aspheric lens surface (Leitz was just at the start of the aspheric learning curve). The f/1.2 is a collector lens today, not a user. It was made for its full-aperture performance that was, at the time, incomparable but cannot compare optically with the f/1. Best, Seth LaK 9