Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Congrats...and welcome Feli.
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:59:52 +1000

the Noctilux is one of those special lenes, which gives you an edge 
over those who don't have it. I like that sort of glass  ;-)

On Friday, Aug 22, 2003, at 12:22 Australia/Melbourne, Garrettson, Dr. 
Charles wrote:

> Hi Feli. I thoroughly enjoyed your post re your new Noct. Congrats on
> finding one and welcome to the Noct experience. It was really a 
> pleasure
> to see that you are enjoying what is so distinctive and so special 
> about
> that lens. Yes, it is an absurd amount of money to spend on a lens that
> only provides 1-2 f/stops more than the more rational/obvious options,
> is [relatively] large and heavy, does not compare to a 50mm Summicron
> from f2.8 on out, et cetera, et cetera, blah blah blah, et al, et
> al...but, on the other hand, if you find yourself shooting in
> low/available light a great deal of the time, as I do and always have,
> and expect I always will, the Noct on an M body has to be the ultimate
> means of rendering usable, if not outstanding results from otherwise
> ridiculous conditions. I must confess: last winter, in an obviously 
> weak
> moment, I seriously considered selling my Noct and getting the 50mm
> Summicron. Thankfully, I had a wedding to shoot at that time. The
> reception was in a beautiful, Gothic/medieval-designed hall, and the
> couple had hired a company just to do the lighting, which was 
> incredibly
> beautiful, distinctive, thoughtful, impressive and which could not be
> captured with flash. I shot a great deal of that scene, using the Noct
> extensively, and wide open, and the results, thankfully, brought me 
> back
> to my senses. I vowed never to make such a consideration again.
>
> Enjoy...
>
> Chuck Garrettson
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Alastair

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