Re: [Leica] THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

B.D.,

Get a Noctilux and a 21mm. Of course, no one can decide what lenses will
work best for you. But, if you want the ultimate available light lens the
Noctilux has no peer. You might find that the 75 is awfully close to the
90mm that you already own. I happen to really like the 21 and find the 24 to
be a little "in between." Every time I've owned a 24 I've always wished I
could go just a little wider.

Just my .02

Bryan


- ----- Original Message -----
From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: Leica-Users@Mejac. Palo-Alto. Ca. Us (E-mail)
<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 12:02 PM
Subject: [Leica] THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.


> Over time I will respond privately to those of you who were so kind as to
> offer your wishes, best and otherwise!;-)
>
> I want to take this opportunity to say, briefly, that I really was
> overwhelmed both by the number of those of you who sent best wishes, and
who
> some of you were...Folks whom on occasion the good doctor may have
> "disagreed" a tad with. This list really is an amazing little experiment
in
> instant universal community of one sort or another....It is, quite
frankly,
> the only thing I would really miss if I had to give up the internet...
>
> NOW..onto the IMPORTANT STUFF...
>
> I hate question like this, but I'll pose it anyway:
>
> Suppose you already had a 35 1.4 and a 90 f.2...You could add either a 21
> ASPH and a 24ASPH....a 21 ASPH, or a 24ASPH, AND a 75 Summilux. You shoot
> virutally all b&w...all available light...all people, much of it in tight
> surroundings,....which would you chose and why? (I have used a 21
> extensively, love it, do get enormous use out of it, but find it a bit
> extreme at times. I have owned a Nikon 24 and used it extensively, but
found
> at time it wasn't quite wide enough...Which means, do I go for the two
> wides, and say to hell with the 75? Or do I add that fabulous 75 with it's
> extra stop, and settle on one super wide?...Help Me Before The Insurance
> Check Comes!
>
> B. D.
>
>