Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter K. Wrote: <<<<<But if your photography is generally done using F4 through F11, you're wasting your money. Might as well save the difference in $ and put it toward your next lens of a different focal length.>>>>>>> Hi Peter, That's always been my point to folks when considering a Noctilux. If you aren't prepared to shoot it wide open or a bunch of film near that f 1.0 you might as well buy one of the others. The Nocti after all isn't a couple hundred bucks, so if one has one they better be using it for what the lens was made for, beautiful low light images where others fear to tread or with the background so far out of focus it creates a complimentary ethereal background, particularly in colour. Or using slow films and high holdable shutter speeds. Both situations should produce a look, that if others are not shooting in a similar fashion, should give the Noctilux owner quite a different collection of photographs or slides. I believe to own a Noctilux and not work with it wide open or nearly wide open as often as one can is tantamount to a crime. And a terrible waste of money better spent on a slower lens. ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant