[Leica] A Noctilux and Velvia ...

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Sonny said,
>
>>> Well of course!  I am just now learning the Noctilux, only used   
>>> it a couple
> months, and there have been some disasters, but when the pictures   
> shine, they
> are wonderful.  I am trying to learn how to use the lens to its  best
> advantage, not as a freak lens.  It fits right into my desire to  
> show everything
> around me.<<
>
> Hi Sonny,
> It's a beauty to use and seems to grab moments in a way other  
> lenses don't. What do I mean by that?  Heck I don't know  
> technically, they just look neat, like it seems to give a scene a  
> feel good feeling and different when yer right on the mark with it.
>
> I know a good number of the lads have a problem with the weight,  
> that's a given, because it's a hefty mother alright. But the cool  
> thing is, the extra weight allows one to get a better heft to it,  
> therefore making it steadier to hold at slower shutter speeds. ;-)
>
> No question, it's a lens you have to learn how to become  
> comfortable with and certainly not for someone who doesn't have the  
> where withal to shoot wide open.
>
> I can't ever understand why a person would buy the Noctilux, then  
> shoot most of their pictures stopped down. Isn't it the fact it has  
> a f 1.0 aperture for available darkness or seemingly so, the reason  
> for buying this lens? Shoot where others fear to tread?
>
> No you don't have to shoot everything wide open. I used mine simply  
> as a 50mm lens and shot lots of photos indoors or out at other  
> apertures. But the "tool factor" is, it sure was a great tool to  
> have when you needed something completely different from the  
> Twinkie flashing shooters and their strobes flashing all over the  
> place. :-)
>
> I truly like the lens because you can do so many things with it  
> compared to others. I use it as a working tool when I need major  
> separation between subject and background, we see this so often in  
> the beautiful work Steve Barbour does in the hospital environment  
> time after time.


thanks Ted...any many others here using the Noctilux now to great  
effect ....

Steve
>
> So Sonny, lot's of good fortune with it as I don't have any doubt  
> you'll be blowing us away with it in short order. That is if you  
> haven't already done that. And if that's the case, I apologize for  
> missing it.
>
> ted
>
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