Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I have heard that the C*n*n lens is optically inferior to the Leica Noctilux, >but I've never compared the two directly (I prefer N*k*n, too). There are >some >images taken with the C lens on photo.net. Never shot the Canon and the Noctilux (don't own one yet - I kind of *like* sleeping in the house) side-by-side, but I can say that, IMNSHO, the Canon is inferior to the now discontinued 58/1.2 Noct-Nikkor - except at f/1. Only problem with the Nikkor is that it makes a rotten "all-round" lens - it's heavy, and performance definitely degrades past f/8. Coma correction is excellent. >Which brings to mind an unrelated question: Of all the Leica users out there, >particularly Leica M users, who also have SLRs, how many are using C*n*n >equipment as opposed to N*k*n equipment, and why? > >I tend to lean towards conservative quality rather than technological state of >the art in photography, which explains why I like Leica rangefinders (surely >among the most conservative of cameras, and among the best built), and Nikon >SLRs (much more conservative than Canon, and also better built, IMO). I >suspect >that I am not unique in this respect. No. You are not. When I decided to modernize somewhat from my well-battered FTn Photomic so that I could meter with a hat on I looked at the offerings from both. The F4s was (and is) *far* more comfortable than the EOS-1, built like a tank, takes good ol' AAs instead of weird lithiums, and you can tell what it's set at *without* having to turn the damn thing on. ObLeica: Despite owning the 35/1.4, 58/1.2 Noct, and 85/1.4 Nikkors, I find myself going back to the good ol' M and 50/2 'cron more and more for "available dark" work. About all I use the Nikons for any more is the 180/2.8 EDIF and 300/4.5 EDIF. - -- C. L. Basso, K.C.S., M.Sc. Walled Lake, Michigan "The whole of life is /nothing/ more than questions that have taken unto themselves shape, and bear within themselves the sum of their own answer: and answers that are pregnant with questions. Only fools see it otherwise." -- Gustav Meyrink