Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fabulous pictures all Tina. I guess boke is a matter of taste. BD has a CV Nokton, I sold mine because I found the boke very unpleasant, he finds Nocti boke unpleasant, fair enough. Frank On 27 Jun, 2004, at 03:42, Tina Manley 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >