[Leica] Screw the Nocti...

[Richard Man]

Oh sure, some people love the 28mm. David Alan Harvey is one, and so is/was
BD Cohen.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> Maybe there's something wrong with me, but I have for years used a 28 and
> not even owned a 35. I have always subscribed to the "if your pictures
> aren't good enough you aren't close enough" school of thought.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner
> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 10:32 PM
>
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...
>
> I don't agree with the Criticism of the 28 cron I'd love one. I love the
> compactness of it.
> It was put out here or other lists that it was made at a lower standard.
> I'd call that baloney. It doest say Summarit on it does it . That's the
> only
> "bargain" lower standard Leica ever made. If Leica was going to do a thing
> like that it would certainly be in their website and not be come kind of
> inside secret for photo list people.
>
>
> On 4/5/15 4:06 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>
>  If I do street documentary, I would get a 28mm (again) for sure. I did
>> most
>> of my "Occupy" series with the 35 or 50mm, and I definitely would have
>> loved a 28mm.
>>
>> Fortunately, the 28mm Cron is the unloved Leica-child, so one can get it
>> for around $2500 now. A bargain compares to the Nocti :-)
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Mark, I think you should go back a reread your books ;-)
>>>
>>> john
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mark Rabiner
>>> Sent: Monday, 6 April 2015 6:08 a.m.
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...
>>>
>>> Most of us and most photographers I've ever met unless they were just
>>> starting out had both a 28 and a 24. Nobody ever didn't have either. That
>>> would be crazy. Its always been a basic focal length. Its one of the
>>> frame
>>> lines in M's since the M2 in 1957.
>>>
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