Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] chosing between 50Nocti or 50Summi
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 12:43:21 -0800

Art wrote:

>what if you have a Summaron (sp?) f1.5 and can only
>have one 50mm. Sell Summaron and
>get Summilux?
>get Summicron (most cost effective)
>get Noctilux (wait a while and save up the $$$ and
>then be nervous everythime I use it?
>
>serious question.

Art,

I'd still go for the Noctilux as an all round lens with a mega bonus of
using a lense where no other can match it for available light work. And
there's absolutely no reason to be nervous with it, any more than any other
Leica lens,  M or R.

ted

Ted Grant
This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant