Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, Ted, we all know that you can look through all your Noctipics and instantly pick out those incredibly crappy, degraded, images which were shot through filters....;-) B. D. Ted Grant wrote: > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> Well anyway putting glass in front of your Noctilux is some kind of > abomination against the anti-Fstop.<<<< > > Hi Mark,, > This is a full blown confession before the eyes and ears of the Leica world > and the great Leica God... Oskar Barnack!:.. > > "Oskar, forgive me for I have sinned! I used a 3 stop ND filter on my > Noctilux!" Only in daylight! > > When I fiddle around with the Noctilux during daylight hours I have a 3 stop > ND filter, BW I think. Screws right into the lens with a step or down ring. > see how helpful I am. Just a minute I'll go look .....it's a 3 stop ND > filter mounted in a step-up ring making the filter bigger than the lens, but > the ring screws into the lens.. > > OK, Ok, Jim, I'm sorry! :-) I know your image of the Nocti guy in Canada > has been shattered because I used a filter on a Noctilux! ;-) ;-) ;-) > > However, I've never noticed, of course by now you know I never pay attention > to alot of Leica stuff others do, but I've not noticed any undo Vignetting > or loss of image quality when the ND fitter is on.. > > Note: I didn't say the pictures were any better or worse. ;-) > > I only use the filter when I'm loaded with 100 speed and working daylight. > The rest of the time the light is low, beautiful and inviting for picture > taking, then Noctilux functions as it should, no background and sharp > subject.;-) > > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html