Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Unsworth wrote: > > Jerry > > A f1.4 90mm would have close to zero depth of field wide open, especially > close up. It's a question of focussing accuracy as anyone who's ever used a > Nocti of a 75mm Summilux at f1/f1.4 will know. > > Steve > It would be the mother of all lenses. IT world have to be permanently aimed at Paris or back at Berlin and hope for no earth tremors. It would become part of the landscape or dirt-scape. The Guns of August Tom Swift And His Giant Cannon http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/tomswift/TomSwiftAndHisGiantCannon/chap3.html That's why they made it a 75. It would make the Noct look like an enlarger lens. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com But a 2 would placate the 1.4 dudes who don't want it touched and also please the others who don't value compactness and just want to blaze away. I say it's a Leica it should fit in your pocket. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html