Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you have f/1.0, you'll use it, and find that you love it! I have yet to hear anyone on the LUG say they had a Noctilux, but sold it because they never used the speed and didn't want to carry the weight around. The only down side is that I have yet to find a convenient way to use a polarizer with it for color. (I say convenient, because my tests show that even the standard Leica 60mm polarizer vignettes with it, and I do not find the two-filter method to be convenient anyway, which I know is my personal preference, so we don't have to start a thread on the two-polarizer method.) Why do you quote the MAP price for the Noctilux and a used price for the Summicron? IMHO, Noctilux' depreciate faster, and are a better buy in that respect. When I was looking, the Noctilux was $1500-1800 used, the later Summilux (.7 m version on ) was in the $1200 range, and a recent Summicron was in the $600-$700 range. So, you can get a used Noctilux for about $400 more than a Summilux or about $800 more than a Summicron. So, buy the Noctilux used, secure in knowing that you can get your $$ back reselling on e*** if you hate it, then fall in love with it, and a year later buy a Summicron when you stumble across a good deal, to use with a polarizer or when you don't want to endanger the beloved Noctilux. Tom > in a word, it seems foolhardy to spend $3000 on a lens when there is a $600 > lens that would do the same thing. > > does that clear things up? > > guy