Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/26/04 7:42 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@infoave.net> wrote: > At 04:32 PM 6/26/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >> In a message dated 6/26/04 12:24:10 PM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: >> >> << But as I've also said repeatedly, it's just my opinion - and I'm as >> entitled to express it as all the folks who eeaxpress their opinion that >> the Noctilux is the greatest piece of optical glass in which they've >> ever invested. (And believe me, reading that over and over - and looking >> at uninspiring snapshots taken with the $2500 lens, is a boring to me as >> my comments are to them. ;-) ) >> >> B. D. >> > > B.D. - > > I love my Noctilux and you will have to pry it from my cold, dead > hands! Do you see nausea bokeh or boredom in content of these Noctilux > photos? (actually, boredom in the content would hardly be the fault of the > lens!) > > http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/maria.htm > > http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/weldi.htm > > http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/ordinand.htm > > http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Honduras/amilcar.htm > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-29684.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-51157.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-51159.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-60370.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-60372.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-60387.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/tinamanley/image-60410.html > > And many, many more! They are all made with the Noctilux and could not > have been made with any other lens! I am not a Leica do-or-die fan and > hate their current association with fancy name-brand purses and scarves, > but they made a killer of a low-light lens that nobody else has even begun > to equal. When it comes to taking photos in the dark, nothing else comes > close to a Noctilux. I would never use it stopped down in broad daylight, > but that is not its purpose. If you can see the bokeh, you should not be > using the Noctilux!! > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.workbookstock.com > http://www.newscom.com > http://www.americanphotojournalist.com > > As Confusion says: a picture is worth a thousand words. Or was that Saatchi & Saatchi? (See RUG) This and the work of Rei Shinozuka. And an few other Dramamine imbibing souls. Check out what this couple does with their Noctilux... http://www.alaska.net/~rowlett/noctilux.htm Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/