Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, That's what I've been telling myself, too, and I had the same reaction. My three are out of college, but the Chairman of the Familly Purchasing Committee is TOTALLY adamat about getting the ari conditionner replaced. Such is life. Bareny Brian Reid wrote: > > Please people, stop doing this. I'm mailing out my tuition checks and > > thus cannot afford the Noctilux I lust after! > > This is my problem. Until I saw Rei Shinozuka's Noctilux images, I didn't think > I could "need" a Noctilux. I have an ancient Summilux, which I almost always > use wide open at f/1.4 precisely so it will put backgrounds out of focus. Every > time I heard people rave about the Noctilux I told myself "Self, everything you > need to do can be done with a Summilux". But now, because of those pictures, I > don't believe it any more. > > But in a month I'll have 3 children in college when my daughter starts at > Wellesley. Luckily there will be no global shortage of Noctiluxen in coming > years.