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Subject: [Leica] Re: Noctilux - 1st impressions
From: Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:33:21 +1100

Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com> wrote:

> [ Excellent, long, glowing review of Noctilux 50mm ]

>Anyway, just some initial thoughts on the Noctilux, which is a really
>exciting lens. You definitely have the impression you can use it anywhere
>for any kind of shooting.

Guy,

Er, you forgot to mention the 2-stop light falloff at the corners
when wide open!  (Erwind Puts actually claims it is 3 stops, but
I'll round it down for now.)

Da lens has some good points, but it also has _some_ bad.  ;?)


Regds,


Andrew Nemeth

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