Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/26

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Subject: Take it seriously.... Some do.....
From: leicas@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 18:00:15 GMT
 
In message <97257C34017E1B00@mailgate.hcjb.org.ec> "BIRKEY, DUANE" writes:

> Even though Simon meant the statement as a joke.  There are a number of
> people who take that idea quite seriously, I've met some.  I have also
> heard those statements and I have read that Leica designed the Noctilux
> for wide open shooting only, assuming that users would switch to the
> Summicron for stopped down shooting in several magazine articles.

Well, if that was Leitz's intention, they screwed up bad.  IMO the
Noctilux is as good as the Summicron in the medium stop range and
(flameproofs on) better than the Summilux.

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 Phil Payne