[Leica] Screw the Nocti...

Wed Apr 8 14:58:31 PDT 2015

Great quotes Douglas!

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> 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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