Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve LeHuray wrote: > > >><Snip> > >> > >> BTW, did anybody notice in Erwin's Newsletter today, he ranks the Summilux > >> 50/1.4 better than the Noctilux under all circumstances. > >> > >> sl > > > > I think the Noctilux might still win out at F1! > > > > but I'd be surprised Erwin saying the Summilux beating out the Noctilux in > stray > > artifacts from off camera and on camera light sources as this was what the > > Noctilux was specifically designed to do as a low light night lens while the > > Summilux was of course designed for general purposes. > > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > Portland, Oregon > > USA > > > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ > > > Maybe, except at 1.4 you can say go from a 60th to a 30th to get the same > shot the Noct gets at 1.0, and 1.4 is better than 1.0. > > sl Yea but a 60th is better than a 30th Mark Rabiner And a 30th is a hell of a lot better than a 15th! and if you're shooting in those conditions the odds are the special characteristics of the Noctilux will work in your favour. Not so much a high resoultion contrast lens but a lens which keeps good separation of tones no matter what. http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/