Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Cleaning, Lubrication and Adjustment
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:46:55 -0700

Martin Howard wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> >
> > I've been trying to tell myself that the Noctilux probably wouldn't be as
> > sharp wide open as my Summicron, anyway, but that hasn't been working very
> > well.
> >
> 
> At f/1.0, the Noctilux is *much* sharper than the Summicron ;)  Kindof why
> people buy it.  If, of course, they can afford it and need the speed.
> 
> M.
I think not sharper but capable of producing far better images in low light
conditions in which flare, contrast and a number of other issues are more
important than sharpness..
Mark Rabiner