Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe that's because *I own* all of the other 50's. ;-) Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G Hopkinson Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:19 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlaender Nokton 50mm f1.5 B.D., Jeffery is not going to be happy with you ;-) Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2006 06:28 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlaender Nokton 50mm f1.5 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 > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information