Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> the famous 50mm F1 Noctilux lens, and since I value picture quality > very highly, do not like flash and am happy when I get a picture which I > think because you value picture quality is not the reason to get a nocti -- the quality at f 1 is considerably less than what you'll get w/ your sumi at f 2, you'd do better w/ faster film. also, as the DOF is so incredibly shallow, i'm not sure what kind of street photos you'd get unless you focus a lot faster and more accurately than i do or you're shooting things that aren't moving.... if you have to ask, you almost certianly don't need it. as to whether or not you _want_ it and have the money to buy one and want to look cool next time you bump into some LUGgers, that's an entirely different story.... just my .02 -- take it for what it's worth kc