Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 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