Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's picture of Week 35
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 20:19:22 -0500

> Steve LeHuray wrote:
>> 
>> >><Snip>
>> >>
>> >> BTW, did anybody notice in Erwin's Newsletter today, he ranks the Summilux
>> >> 50/1.4 better than the Noctilux under all circumstances.
>> >>
>> >> sl
>> >
>> > I think the Noctilux might still win out at F1!
>> >
>> > but I'd be surprised Erwin saying the Summilux beating out the Noctilux in
>> stray
>> > artifacts from off camera and on camera light sources as this was what the
>> > Noctilux was specifically designed to do as a low light night lens while
the
>> > Summilux was of course designed for general purposes.
>> >
>> >
>> > Mark Rabiner
>> >
>> > Portland, Oregon
>> > USA
>> >
>> > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/
>> >
>> Maybe, except at 1.4 you can say go from a 60th to a 30th to get the same
>> shot the Noct gets at 1.0, and 1.4 is better than 1.0.
>>
>> sl
>
> Yea but a 60th is better than a 30th
>
> Mark Rabiner
>
> And a 30th is a hell of a lot better than a 15th!
> and if you're shooting in those conditions the odds are the special
> characteristics of the Noctilux will work in your favour. Not so much a high
> resoultion contrast lens but a lens which keeps good separation of tones no
> matter what.
>

Mark,

You will not get any argument from me on that.

sl