Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Noctilux users please sound off.
From: "Mike Quinn" <mlquinn@san.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:05:48 -0700

Well. I don't own one, but from the specs I'd say that the Noctilux should
be a much better people stopper than the 35. Then again, you could use a
short length of lead pipe which would be cheaper and more effective....

Mike Quinn

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Jim Laurel wrote

>(snip)
>  My thinking was that the 35mm focal length would
> allow me to hand-hold say, one shutter speed slower than a 50mm, so the
> Noctilux and Summilux 35 ASPH were somewhat equivalent in terms of thier
> low-light ability.  This line of thinking does not, however, take into
> account subject movement, which would be better stopped by the Noct.