[Leica] Screw the Nocti...

[Douglas Barry]

I asked her about that. She smiled and said "Tell the Flower King not to 
sweat the flowerking small stuff" and winked. I was so surprised I messed up 
the setting on my pocket Oly....

Here she is in her apartment in Paris in Nov '09
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Paris+09/MF_HCBapt.jpg.html
And I am on her balcony.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Paris+09/DB_HCBapt.jpg.html

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...


> Magnum  Photographer Martine Franck used only the pre asph 28mm. It never
> came off her camera. Just like her Hubby HCB pretty much only used one 
> lens
> in his case a 50mm.
> She's had nine books published of her work. By real publishing houses with
> their money.
> She died three years ago.
>
>
> On 4/7/15 7:42 PM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> s
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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