Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is my calendar wrong? Is is April l? How about: If you want an 8x10 print, shoot 8x10 film. If you want a 4x5 print, shoot 4x5 film. If you want to make a postage stamp, shoot with a Leica. Same logic? (Or lack of it) Daaahhhhh! - -----Original Message----- From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net> To: Leica User's Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Monday, November 24, 1997 2:40 PM Subject: Re: 50 Noct. in bright light >>> I'm just curious about this. Everything I read about the 50/1 Noctilux >>> says it isn't for general photography and only for low light use. > > >50mm lenses are very specialized. A lot of people think that the aperture >rings are there so that the lenses can be stopped down: this is not true! >The aperture control is there only to "turn the lens off" when it is not >in use. > >The Noctilux is ONLY for shooting at f/1. To shoot at f/1.4, switch to a >Summilux; for f/2 shooing you should only use a Summicron; that's why >they made it. Get out your collapsable Elmar for f/2.8, and you need to >have a screw-mount Elmar for f/3.5. >