Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:43 AM 7/8/97 -0700, Patrick Sobalvarro wrote: >At the recent San Mateo show, I saw a Voigtlander -- a Prominent, I >think it was -- with a 50/1.5 Nokton lens. At a brief look I couldn't >see whether this was an interchangeable-lens camera. It was equipped >with a rangefinder, though. It occurred to me later that Nokton was a >name I had seen on the LUG, possibly when Erwin Puts reviewed 50mm LTM >lenses. And I seem to remember that the lens was considered quite >good... was this lens available in LTM? The Prominent was offered with three normal lenses, one wide angle and medium tele-photo, along with a reflex housing and a 150mm lens. I have owned several and find them wonderful, albeit quite quirky, cameras. The 1.5/50 Nokton is a fine lens: it was offered in small numbers in LTM and in minute quantity in Contax RF mount -- in fact, the 'Contax IV' prototypes Zeiss Ikon played with before deciding on the Contarex SLR system both sported Nokton lenses, as Zeiss owned Voigtlander at the time. It is a telling indicator of the lens' worth that an LTM Nokton sells for six to eight times the price of an LTM 1.5/50 Sonnar, perhaps the finest normal lens of the era. Marc Marc James Small Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir! FAX: +540/343-7315