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Subject: [Leica] Thanks Howard! Re: The Battle of the 50mm 1.4's
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Tue Feb 10 06:40:25 2009
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You're not missing much by not having a Noctilux. I had one for about  
two years. I still preferred my Summilux over it. Shooting wide open  
is done best with an SLR/TLR, by my reckoning.
sd

On Feb 10, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Seth Rosner wrote:

> Geoff, are you SERIOUS? night shot? I won't pay the bulk/weight  
> penalty of a Noctilux but this one photo may have persuaded me to  
> buy the new 50 Summilux-M.
>
> Seth
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson"  
> <hopsternew@gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks Howard! Re: The Battle of the 50mm 1.4's
>
>
>> This is from the Summilux M 50 ASPH. on M8. This lens is compact  
>> and very
>> fine quality. 46mm filter size. No steroids.
>> A sample shot in lower light at f/1.4. This was after sunset, from  
>> the back
>> door of a unit at Yosemite View Lodge.
>> Too dark for me to see any detail, not too steady handhold.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/g/Y23.jpg.html
>>
>> 2009/2/10 Edward J Caliguri <ejcaliguri@comcast.net>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Howard! The Nikon D700 is something else. I recall as a  
>>> kid with a
>>> Nikkormat and 50 f/2.0 using a tripod in the cold for moonlit  
>>> shots at
>>> midnight, with star tracks and all. Here - you can almost read the
>>> weathervane's 'rotor housing' or whatever it's called! I hope  
>>> Leica is able
>>> to come to a good compromise between pixel size and number if and  
>>> when the
>>> R10 hits the shelves. I am constantly amazed at how this D700  
>>> performs, and
>>> I like it much more than the new Canon 5D which has more  
>>> megapixels overall.
>>>
>>> No - not giving up he Leicas; But this shows that there is a  
>>> place for a
>>> 'few' system cameras in everyone's arsenal.
>>>
>>> But that Sigma 50mm! That looks like a Noctilux on Steroids!
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> 'Licence to Chill'
>>
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In reply to: Message from ejcaliguri at comcast.net (Edward J Caliguri) ([Leica] Thanks Howard! Re: The Battle of the 50mm 1.4's)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Thanks Howard! Re: The Battle of the 50mm 1.4's)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] Thanks Howard! Re: The Battle of the 50mm 1.4's)