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Subject: [Leica] Nocti/0.95 is so 2009. How about a 2 LBS T0.95?
From: dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com (Dennis Kushner)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:36:46 -0500
References: <5B3CEE1C-6201-43D4-819C-31C55A579C63@panix.com> <CB5ACB49.1A200%mark@rabinergroup.com>

A Canon FD T90 @ 1/4000 or F1N @1/2000 using a FD 55mm f1:1.2 Aspherical
another option to consider.


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I found the Noctilux to be not an f1 and be there kind a lens.
> But an f 1000th  of a second and be there kind a lens.
> I didn't mind stopping down a few when the sun was bright enough.
> It never killed me.
> Now that many people are using the M9 its another couple of stops.
> An f 4000th of a second and be there experience.
> Sounds great to me!
>
> --
> Mark R.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
>
>
> > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:51:49 -0500
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Nocti/0.95 is so 2009. How about a 2 LBS T0.95?
> >
> > Same here, Heliopan 8x (3 stops). That generally accommodates  f1.0 in
> > daylight with an M8 or M9. When I was using the MP I shot Pan-F at 32
> ASA so
> > the 1,000 top speed was OK. I also liked a #25 back then which cuts a
> lot of
> > light.
> >
> > -rei
> >
> > Ridgewood, NJ
> > via iPhone
> >
> > On Feb 9, 2012, at 11:35 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Most of my Noctilux shots are with a 3 stop ND, even then I may have to
> stop
> >> down at times...
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> On 10/02/2012, at 5:31 PM, "Robert Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ever use a ND filter on it to shoot wide open in daylight? I know it's
> >>> sacrilege to put glass in front of the Nocti, but from a practical
> shooter
> >>> point of view, shooting at f/1 on a sunny day would be delicious.
> There are
> >>> these adjustable ND filters these days (basically 2 polarizers) and I'm
> >>> thinking one might be nice to use for this...
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> There was a run on guys who got Noctili then.
> >>>> I went to a LHSA Boston meeting that year and everyone had them on
> their
> >>>> cameras.
> >>>> One guy LUG lurker brought his with a uv filter on it just to piss me
> off.
> >>>>
> >>>> We had Leica with Noctilux stacking on the table during dinner and
> drinks.
> >>>> People still smoked then I remember ash trays in the pictures I took
> of
> >>>> that. Noctili were coming out of the woodwork.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Mark R.
> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com>
> >>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>>>> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:12 -0500
> >>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nocti/0.95 is so 2009. How about a 2 LBS T0.95?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I got mine in late July 2001!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -rei
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 02/09/2012 01:06 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >>>>>> I got my f1 Noctilux M the day before yesterday; from Glaziers in
> >>>> Seattle
> >>>>>> 28th August 2001 $3,495.
> >>>>>> Whew that felt like a lot of money then!
> >>>>>> It stayed on my camera for year. Carried it with me everywhere.
> >>>>>> Shot thousands of pix with it and printed a slew of them it was
> right
> >>>> before
> >>>>>> I got into inkjet mode.
> >>>>>> 3817 days ago.
> >>>>>> So that's less then a dollar a day to feel like a friggin
> millionaire.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Bob Adler
> >>> Palo Alto, CA
> >>> http://www.rgaphoto.com
> >>>
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In reply to: Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] Nocti/0.95 is so 2009. How about a 2 LBS T0.95?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Nocti/0.95 is so 2009. How about a 2 LBS T0.95?)