Re: [Leica] Noktones et Ultrones

[Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>]

>At 12:22 PM 12/14/01 -0800, gbennett@lainet.com wrote:
>>
>>Anybody out there got one of these? Can any one comment on how it stacks up
>>against that other 50/1.5 wonder the Summarit?
>
>I have owned Noktons in both LTM and Prominent mount and Ultrons in
>Prominent only.  The Nokton is superb:  better by almost any optical
>parameter to the Summarit and on par or better than the 1.5/5cm and 50mm
>CZJ/ZO/CZ Sonnar.  Zeiss might have been intending on using the Nokton as a
>normal lens on the Contax IV, had it been introduced:  in any event, the
>two versuchs cameras which have survived both have Noktons in Contax RF BM.
>Marc


And so the question is: how rare are these lenses in LTM and how much do
they go for, if one can find one?

Guy
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