Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Should I buy a Noctilux?
From: "Rothman, Aric" <Aric.Rothman@Honeywell.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:19:22 -0700

For such shots I recommend a 50mm Necrolux :)

> From: David Degner [mailto:ddegner@morris.com]
...
> 
> I took a picture of a road kill squirrel yesterday at .7 
> meters.  I was 
> able to get his whole body in the shot with some of the blood 
> splatter 
> going out both sides, i don't think he minded that I got that 
> close to him.
> 
> At 02:55 PM 7/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >I'm curious, what sort of subject matter do LUGers 
> photograph at or near
> >the 0.7 meter distance setting of their 50mm Summilux?  Speaking for
> >myself, I usually try and avoid lenses much shorter than 
> 90mm when taking
> >tight portraits of people.  Even the 75 is pushing it at the closest
> >focusing distance.
> >
> >Dan C.
> >[otherwise known as LeicaMan on #leica]
> >
> >At 02:39 PM 16-07-01 -0400, Dan Honemann wrote:
> >[snip]
> > >The closer minimum focusing distance of the summilux is 
> tempting, but you've
> > >got a good thing going with your f1 and f1.2 photos, and I 
> doubt you want to
> > >be shooting at less than a meter at those apertures, anyway.
> >[snip]
>