Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > At 12:07 PM 4/21/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > > > >I wonder if anyone has the statistics on the percentage of low light > >"keepers," taken in delivery rooms or anywhere else for that matter, > >shot with Noctiluxes, v. the percentage shot with everything else...what > >do we want to guess, 1/4 of one percent shot with the Noctilust? Which > >is not to say that it isn't a great lens. It's just that most of the > >world's great photographers have somehow gotten through their entire > >careers without ever using one. > > > >B. D. > > > > I strongly suspect that it is the person behind the lens that makes the > difference. I'll bet that Ted has a high hit ratio while an amateur will be > on the very low end. > > And in reality, most of the world's greatest photographers have never used > a LEICA, much less a Noctilux. > > JB Absolutely...;-)..Wait a minute!!! Are Jim Brick and I agreeing on something!! Jesus! Much be the arsinic in the water!:-) Seriously though...as someone always said...Having a Noctilux in the bag and therefore being able at the critical moment to go from 1/15th at 1.4 to 1/30th at 1.0, or even more important from 1/8th to a 15th, can make all the difference between getting a shot that really cuts it, and one that doesn't - Delivery room aside..... B. D.