Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/05

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Subject: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlaender Nokton 50mm f1.5
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Tue Sep 5 17:43:02 2006

I know. What can I say - I buy and use what I need.


On 9/5/06 8:19 PM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> 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
>> 
> 
> 
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