Or the Zeiss Planar - Re: [Leica] Seeking a new 50

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Scott McLoughlin
 [Leica] Seeking a new 50

Scott,
I haven't been following your 50 mm lens search but here's a quick way to 
get over it and start shooting pictures the like you may not have done 
before, that is unless you worked with a Noctilux.................. 
Noctilux go for it, end your lens search anxieties! ;-) Start shooting 
amazing moments the likes you've never done before. :-)  IMHO!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

I've never worried about all the squiggles per mm that each lens comes with, 
nor the lengthy testimonials about which is better than the other because 
simply for me the final captured motivating moment with the least amount of 
thought other than..... "Jeeeeeesh look at the ........ "click!" and faster 
done than it took to type that.

My  concern has always been  capturing a moment others don't simply because 
the Noctilux does that where others fear to tread without twinkie flash or 
massive tripod. The lens is just as good at High Noon outdoors as it is in a 
coal mine by the lamp of the miner at midnight....... just merely change the 
aperture for effective exposure. ;-)

But then I'm a bias Noctilux user of about 30 plus years, same lens and 
without a lens shade for at least 25 plus years because the pins to hold the 
shade on fell out and the shade fell off! Oh well who needs it. ;-)

ted