Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I think that many on the LUG overrate it's > utility to a really ridiculous degree. I don't believe for a second that > members of this list would even consider as an all purpose 50 mm lens a > lens that causes quite visible vignetting, has really weird bokeh - go > back and look at those color shots of Rei's - marginal depth of field, > is COMPARATIVELY to other Leica lenses, heavy as a truck and just as > wide as a truck, and intrudes so into the viewfinder. No way. And if > Nikon made an all purpose 50 that did any of those things you guys would > be laughing your rears off making fun of it. > > So...Praise the Noctilux for what it is - the finest available darkness > lens available. Period. It doesn't need to be more than that. And it > isn't more than that. > > Cheers > > B. D. > B.D. The Noctilux is like Mt Everest. People climb it 'because it is there' same thing with the Noctilux. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html