Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> Geoff >> 'Licence to Chill' >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1942 - Release Date: > 02/09/09 17:40:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information