Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks everyone for the input. Day before yesterday I went down to one of the Howard Dean Meetups, in search of a few good shots. Well, I found what I was looking for, but the place (a restaurant/bar) was pretty much illuminated by candle light. So, I started to shoot with the 50 Cron-DR and Delta 3200 and the meter kept begging for an extra stop or two below f2 and 1/30th. Recently I keep running in to these type of lighting situations and the Cron is just too slow and I don't want to have to fall back on a flash. So I need either a Lux or a Noct. This debate has probably been discussed ad nausea on this list so I am not going to bore anyone. The only comment I'm going to make is that while sharpness is very important, there are other factors that make a lens great. There is sharp and sharp enough. I have seen a lot of pictures taken with the Noct and there is something special going on there (not just at F1) that I really like. Ted and others here blow their Noct shots up to 16x20, so sharpness can't be complete crap. If it's as good as my 50 DR I will be thrilled to death. Besides all of that; f1 and 1600/3200 asa Delta sounds like a very interesting world to explore. So, this weekend I'm going to try to rent a Noct. and maybe a Lux. and see what it does for me. Cheers, feli PS: if anyone wants to see a shot from that meeting, I'll email you a jpeg (80kb) since I don't have a website, yet. _______________________________________________________ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin feli2@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html