Re: [Leica] Re: it DOESN'T work well for leica!

["Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@thegrid.net>]

From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>
> Absolutely true!!!!!  However, one must understand: Using the light to
> ones advantage without creating black eye sockets is possible when you
> use the Noctilux. Images in low light situations would otherwise not be
> possible with other lens if you had to hand hold your camera.
> ted


From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>

> Right...But Joe...I, for one, would rather see Eugene Smith's iconic -
> incredibly manipulated - "portrait" if the mad Haitian woman with the
> illuminated eye sockets than look at every "great portrait" Karsh ever
> properly illuminated and shot....:-)
>
> B. D.

I agree that there is a very specialized niche for ultra-fast lenses. I
agree also that many photos would not be possible were it not for the
Noctilux, as Ted points out.
As for Karsh and Eugene Smith, well, they are masters of two very different
specialties, both great, both valid.

Joe