Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlaender Nokton 50mm f1.5
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Mon Sep 4 15:31:04 2006
References: <C1221BD3.14C64%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

Well, said. I'm keeping mine :-)

B. D. Colen wrote:

>No, the Nokton is not a Summicron, but then neither is the pre-asph
>Summilux, but any stretch of the imagination (I've never used the asph
>Summilux). In fact, what is a Summicron 50 but a Summicron 50. But then the
>Summicron doesn't provide that extra stop which I often want. And a new
>Summicron doesn't cost $450, which, I believe, a Nokton does. And for the
>price, the Nokton build quality is quite amazing. In fact, for any price
>it's quite good.
>
>A much under-rated lens; at least on this list. ;-)
>
>
>
>On 9/4/06 6:01 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
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