Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John - I concur. I really like the Nokton, but there is something slightly annoying about that 1.5, as opposed to 1.4. Part of it may be the lack of a half-stop click between f2 and 1.5, something which is particularly obvious because the aperture ring on the Nokton is so nice in terms of the smooth action and solid half-stops. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Collier Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:22 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm f1.5 Nokton question A fellow lugger emailed me privately and rightly pointed out that: > > You're easily annoyed... > There's virtually no practical difference between the tenths of an f/stop. And I replied: Probably true. Going up one stop from the summicron is something I want to do as I shoot wide all the time(metaphorically speaking). If I am willing to go a 1/3 stop less, as a 1/3 of a stop is "meaningless", it is only 2/3 of a stop more than the summicron. Silly reasoning but there it is. I do know I need that extra stop and I want all of it that I can get. John Collier, Who really is not annoyed at all but was hoping the lens was really a f1.4 that they called a f1.5 for sentimental reasons