Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/05

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Subject: [Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:13:31 -0500
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Looks like a lot of happy folks and a great camera-lens combination.  Thanks 
for sharing your fun.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:47 PM
Subject: [Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton


>I had the opportunity to take some photos with the M8 and 50/1.1 Nokton. 
>This is one incredible lens for the price. If any of you have lusted for a 
>Noctilux but could not afford it, I can highly recommend the Nokton. Here 
>are some shots from it his weekend. About 15 of my 1968 high school 
>graduating class try to get together each summer. We had an evening patio 
>get-together this weekend in San Diego. I shot _most _of these at f/1.1, 
>and I didn't tweak them other than using a green filter in Photoshop to 
>increase the contrast on a few males.
>
> http://www.400tx.com/files/Hilltop/1.html
>
> They didn't need sharpening. This is a very sharp lens wide open.
>
> Jeffery
>
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In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] WSJ photo)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] 50/1.1 Nokton)