Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 5:40 PM -0800 3/6/00, drodgers@nextlink.com wrote: >John, > >>>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.<< > >I looked at the Nokton. I haven't used one yet. I was intrigued by the fact >that it's (significantly) bigger than my 50/1.4 Summilux M, but it weighs >about the same as my 50/2 DR Summicron. I'm a fan of small lenses. In fact, >that 25 Skopar looks interesting just because it's so small. Somebody wore >their thinking cap when they designed that lens, and the 15 Heliar. I >wonder if they're ever going to be make either in Leica BM. You must have looked at the large version of the Nokton <g>. Mine is smaller than the Summilux. Maybe you looked at one with the hood and lenscap on. The lenscap fits over the hood, and _that_ combo looks larger. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com