Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:49:37 -0600

>Although at the end of the article, he states, "The Noctilux-M is a superb
lens
>with a fascinating full aperture performance, and a very competent performance
>at smaller apertures."
>
>I guess I will just have to shoot some film and see for myself.

Nathan,

Here's something to make you wonder. :-)

William Albert Allard used to own and use three 50mm lenses, Noctilux,
Summilux and Summicron. But he normally keeps shooting wide open all the
time, so stopped down performance isn't much of a concern sine he had a
Summicron. He used the lens that fit the specific situation because he felt
they all had special characteristics wide open.

Now chew on that... <evil grin>

Personally, I would probably complement a Noctilux with a Summicron, not a
Summilux, if I was concerned with absolute image quality.
- -- 

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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