Re: [Leica] Noctilux to be Discontinued?

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>]

Dr.Alexander.Kraus@gmx.de wrote:

> Well, maybe Leica is going to discontinue the old Noctilux and the old
> Summilux alltogether (in my eyes they are overdue) and replace them with
ONE new
> lens that is as fast as the Noctilux (or probably f:1.2) but has a much
better
> performance than both current lenses. With the help of aspheric lenses
this
> might be well possible.
> BTW. the current Noctilux may have a geometric appertue of f:1.0, but in
> reality the light meter reading doesn't change when you switch from f:1,2
to
> f:1.0!<<<

Aw gee Alex,
Why'd you do that? Here I am always believing my Noctilux for near 30 years
has been f 1.0 and I've used it more times than I can re-call wide open
believing it was f 1.0, thousands of negatives in my file's have just gone
under exposed. ;-)

And from now on instead of complete concentration on the subject I'm
shooting in available darkness, believing the Noctilux is  f1.0 it wont be,
and I'll screw-up. :-)

Of course this is all tongue in cheek and I rarely listen to technical
information as the only thing I believe is what's on the film when the shoot
is over.  Do I think Leica should change the design? I suppose some new
asph. glass would help, however each-time they do something like that it
moves the lens, which at the moment is a pile of money to buy, it becomes
even more so.

Would I buy a new and improved version?  .... I can't say because the one I
have is right behind me and may read over my shoulder that she'd be history
and I can't afford to tick her off. ;-) And she's served me well, so I'll
leave the answer to you. :-)
ted



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