Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, Ted Grant wrote in part: >Tina Manly voiced eloquently in a firm tone: > > >>>Sacrilege! There is no point in using a Noctilux at anything other than >>>1.0. Don't carry that much weight if you don't need the 1.0.<< >>> >>> > >Hi Tina, >I use the Noctilux because I can shoot where others fear to go without >twinkie lights ! > >I bought it the year it arrived in Canada, heck I don't even remember what >year 71? 72? > I purchased my Noctilux about a year and a half ago and find that I use it quite often for six months of the year - late fall, winter and early spring and then put it away for the duration of the Canadian winter (i.e. the dark half of the year). I use in low light situations indoor and out but never with any form of flash. It is certainly not FS! I don't think that this lens is purchased by most people only to be subsequently resold. This theory strikes me as urban myth like as I don't personally know anyone who bought this lens only to subsequently sell it. (Urban Myth: there is only one fruitcake and it travels through time and space repeating an endless cycle of wrap, give, rewrap give). Anyone who is seen any of Ted's images shot with this lens in bright light, at f5.6 or f8, knows just what this lens is capable of doing in the hands of a Master! BTW, wasn't the Noctilux developed at ELC in Midland specifically for the Great White North? Regards, Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html