Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe a logic like this applies. If you're only gonna have one 50mm RF lens, you naturally want something capable but you're on a budget, the Nokton 50 should be a great candidate - for all the virtues of this lens already enumerated (which I won't repeat) and for it's relatively modest price. Maybe @ f1.5 it can be bested by several other pricier lenses, but it performs really well a stop down, plus the f1.5 option is there should one need it. Of course, no one's going to just have only one 50mm lens, but that's beside the point :-) Scott B. D. Colen wrote: >Yup, some people don't like them. But bulky? Compared to a Summilux? I think >not. Compared to a Summicron? Bigger, but not "bulky." > >And, yes, the price was insane at $1000 and is even more insane at $1500. >But then that's the Leica "mystique." ;-) > > >On 9/5/06 3:02 PM, "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org> wrote: > > > >>2006-09-04-18:07:15 B. D. Colen: >> >> >>>No, the Nokton is not a Summicron, but then neither is the pre-asph >>>Summilux, but any stretch of the imagination >>> >>> >>Well, yeah, but... I had a Nokton for awhile. Even if you set aside >>its bulk relative to the Leica offerings (except of course for the >>Noctilux), there's its visual fingerprint wideish-open -- I just didn't >>like it. Seemed really harsh, blocky, and somehow lacking subtlety -- >>even though it was probably objectively [ha! I make little joke!] >>"sharper" (whatever that means) than the pre-ASPH Summilux I'd bought it >>in an attempt not to have to pay for. >> >>I sent the Nokton on down the stream to its next owner, and scraped up >>the pennies for the then-current pre-ASPH Summilux, which I loved. A >>little softish wide open (especially away from the center), though never >>really annoyingly so, and just a lovely smooth presentation. Mmmm. >> >> >> >>>In fact, what is a Summicron 50 but a Summicron 50. >>> >>> >>Indeed. But I just happened to be looking at B&H lens prices the other >>day, and noticed the current price for a 50mm Summicron-M. What the >>HELL. About $1500? For a Summicron? I thought it was crazy when they >>hit $1000. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)