Re: [Leica] buying a noctilux

["Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>]

What was different about the E58?  Was it f/1.2?

I have heard that "Noctilux" is a generic term for any lens of f/1 (or below
f/2, at least, which I guess would be a Summicron), and that there was also a
90mm Noctilux at f/1.  True?

While on the subject, there's something else I've been wondering:  If you have a
50mm Noctilux, do you need any other 50mm lens, or is the performance of the
Noctilux when stopped down to f/2 and beyond at least equivalent to that of
other Leica 50mm lenses?  I know Erwin Puts said something on this but I can't
find the Web page where he discussed it.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 06:36
Subject: Re: [Leica] buying a noctilux


> From: "Vozeh, Colin" <colin@longitude.com>
> > There are two styles of the F1.0 Nocti.  The earlier version had a
> removable
> > hood; the newer one has a built-in retractable hood.  The optical formula
> > is, I believe, the same.
>
> To be exact, there are four:
>
> 1st version: E58
> 2nd version: E60, hood attaches to two pins
> 3rd version: E60, hood attaches to a groove
> 4th (current) version: E60, built-in hood
>
>