Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, in most cases I've only owned one 50 per camera system. On 9/5/06 4:04 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > Maybe a logic like this applies. If you're only gonna have one > 50mm RF lens, you naturally want something capable but you're > on a budget, the Nokton 50 should be a great candidate - for > all the virtues of this lens already enumerated (which I won't > repeat) and for it's relatively modest price. > > Maybe @ f1.5 it can be bested by several other pricier lenses, > but it performs really well a stop down, plus the f1.5 option is > there should one need it. > > Of course, no one's going to just have only one 50mm lens, but > that's beside the point :-) > > Scott > > B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Yup, some people don't like them. But bulky? Compared to a Summilux? I >> think >> not. Compared to a Summicron? Bigger, but not "bulky." >> >> And, yes, the price was insane at $1000 and is even more insane at $1500. >> But then that's the Leica "mystique." ;-) >> >> >> On 9/5/06 3:02 PM, "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org> wrote: >> >> >> >>> 2006-09-04-18:07:15 B. D. Colen: >>> >>> >>>> No, the Nokton is not a Summicron, but then neither is the pre-asph >>>> Summilux, but any stretch of the imagination >>>> >>>> >>> Well, yeah, but... I had a Nokton for awhile. Even if you set aside >>> its bulk relative to the Leica offerings (except of course for the >>> Noctilux), there's its visual fingerprint wideish-open -- I just didn't >>> like it. Seemed really harsh, blocky, and somehow lacking subtlety -- >>> even though it was probably objectively [ha! I make little joke!] >>> "sharper" (whatever that means) than the pre-ASPH Summilux I'd bought it >>> in an attempt not to have to pay for. >>> >>> I sent the Nokton on down the stream to its next owner, and scraped up >>> the pennies for the then-current pre-ASPH Summilux, which I loved. A >>> little softish wide open (especially away from the center), though never >>> really annoyingly so, and just a lovely smooth presentation. Mmmm. >>> >>> >>> >>>> In fact, what is a Summicron 50 but a Summicron 50. >>>> >>>> >>> Indeed. But I just happened to be looking at B&H lens prices the other >>> day, and noticed the current price for a 50mm Summicron-M. What the >>> HELL. About $1500? For a Summicron? I thought it was crazy when they >>> hit $1000. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>