[Leica] Screw the Nocti...

[Steve Barbour]

> On Apr 6, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> JEEEEESSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!   I just used what the moment required! :-)
> :-) 
> 
> But then I usually had 3 or 4 M's hanging off neck and shoulders! :-)
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard Man
> Sent: April-05-15 9:06 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...
> 
> Oh sure, some people love the 28mm. David Alan Harvey is one, and so is/was
> BD Cohen.

he raved about it.


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> 
> 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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