Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]not to start a flame war. every image i've made with my noct was with a filter on it: always B+W's. i don't think i'm particularly rough with my glass, but i do find that after 10 years or so, my filters get a bit scratchy, and for $60 i replace them. i used my stuff a lot in arizona, and probably the dust there contributed to scratches. - -rei > From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> > > Having Neopan 1600 in my camera with the Noctilux makes you ready for anything > Except on a sunny day; on the sunny side of the street. > So a little neutral density would seem to be the thing. > Which if i had my way might as well be green, why not? More fun then grey! A 61 > 3 and 1/3rd stop green! > Well anyway putting glass in front of your Noctilux is some kind of abomination > against the anti-Fstop. > Mines the latest with the 60mm and built in hood. > Anyone ever try this? put a filter on the front? Vignetting? A repeating > kaleidoscopic effect? A peak into the 5th dimension? all or none of the above? > > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ > > noctiluca (nÄk1tõ-lá2kõ) n. > Any of various bioluminescent dinoflagellates of the genus Noctiluca that when > grouped in large numbers make the sea phosphorescent. [New Latin Noctiluca, > genus name, from Latin noctiluca, lantern, moon : nocti-, nocti- + lucTre, to > shine; see leuk- below.] > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html