Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The noctilux is a great lens and you use it with 1/8 s shutter-speed on freehand. So it is great for night-phtographics, and it is very sharp full open! In my opinion noctilux is a diamond of Leica lenses. Best wishes Gabriele > I have resisted posting to this thread until now, because I own neither > lens, but would just like to add that, when this has come up in the past, > several Noctilux owners have commented that the weight of the Noctilux > enables the use of the same shutter speeds as the 35mm Summilux. This would > make the Noctilux two effective stops faster than the 50 Summilux (not > withstanding subject motion). I believe Dick Gilcreast also mentioned this > in the last Viewfinder. > > John Collier > > >