[Leica] Yeah, But Tina Really Knows What She's Doing!

[gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)]

I don't believe we are disagreeing. My point being that in the right hands, 
Ted, Tina, Sandy and a few others on the Lug the Noctilux is not just a low 
light lens. 

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Buzz Hausner <buzz.hausner@verizon.net>
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:53 pm
Subject: RE: RE: [Leica] Yeah, But Tina Really Knows What She's Doing!

> ...and as I pointed out, Greg, Ted...as well as Tina and Sandy
> Carter...are enormously talented and experienced photographers who 
> knowhow to use a Noctilux and to keep the Noctilux's peculiarities 
> undercontrol.  I was not commenting on the how "effective" the 
> lens is.  I
> did note that it is a highly specialized tool most "effectively" 
> used by
> the very few among us with sufficient talent and experience.  Let me
> quote myself from an earlier post in this thread, "[m]erely using a
> Noctilux does not grant one the ability to take pictures like Ted, 
> Tinaand Sandy who bring years of experience and knowledge, and no 
> smallmeasure of talent to their endeavors."  If one can afford to 
> buy a
> Noctilux, well, good on him or her!  Just don't expect to be able to
> take great or even good pictures just because you own a Noctilux.
> 
> One factor about photography that is often overlooked on this list is
> that taking great or even good photographs is hard.  DAMNED HARD!  Ted
> and Tina make it look easy, but it is not.  Taking consistently great
> pictures takes years and years of work and experience; it has 
> absolutelynothing to do with the equipment with which one has been 
> endowed.  Ted
> would be a great photographer without his Noctilux.
> 
>       Buzz Hausner
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org
> [lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of GREG LORENZO
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:13 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Yeah, But Tina Really Knows What She's Doing!
> 
> Ted uses his Noctilux in all available light conditions from low light
> operating rooms to full daylight shots. It is a very effective lens
> throughout its range in the hands of good photographer!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Buzz Hausner <buzz.hausner@verizon.net>
> Date: Sunday, June 27, 2004 12:03 pm
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Yeah, But Tina Really Knows What She's Doing!
> 
> > Exactly!  The Noctilux is not an instrument to be 
> > taken...er...lightly.In the right hands...Tina's, Ted's and 
> > Sandy's, for instance...it can be
> > a mighty tool.  Merely using a Noctilux does not grant one the 
> ability> to take pictures like Ted, Tina and Sandy who bring years 
> of 
> > experienceand knowledge, and no small measure of talent to their 
> > endeavors.
> >     Buzz
> 
> 
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