Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] NOCTILUX/ Canon
From: Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:05:09 -0800

On 12/11/01 3:40 PM, "Jeffery L.Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Easy, guys. I have two Canon 50/1.2 lenses, and they are NOT optically
> better than the Noctilux. That said, it is nice to shoot faces wide open
> and not see all of the blackheads on their noses and the aberrant flecks
> of mascara that drifted from their eyelashes. It is a nice, soft
> portrait lens wide open, and a nice (albeit) outdoors lens stopped down.
> But there is only ONE Noctilux. And I don't have one.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Feliciano
> di Giorgio
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:51 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] NOCTILUX/ Canon
> 
> 
> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
>> 
>> And how much did you pay for the Canon 50 1.2? I hate to say it,
>> because I know I must be wrong, and I certainly know I will be flamed,
> 
>> but the entire 1.2 image looks pretty good - with much better Bokeh
>> than I have seen demonstrated with the Noctilux - and the shot at f 8
>> looks terrific.
>> 
>> Once again, these are lens meant to primarilly be used when there is
>> no alternative. If you can get more out of them, great....
>> 
>> B. D.
> 
> I think I just heard a good dozend LUG members, in unison across the
> world, scream out in terror and disbelief as they fell out of their
> chairs.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> feli
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But if someone who really likes the attributes of one were to offer a
Noctilux in trade....


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