Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] happy birthday!
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri Mar 24 07:01:22 2006
References: <200603241030.k2OAU4vV089266@server1.waverley.reid.org> <4423FFD0.3030804@iinet.net.au> <20060324145201.GE4567@panix.com>

On Mar 24, 2006, at 7:52 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> a most timely message!  2006 is the 30th birthday of the f1 noctilux.
> and i still trust it.

and Rei... fwiw....

the photos from the Noctilux routinely appear to me better !! than I  
anticipated they would be...


I'm not sure what that really means, but I can't say that about any  
other lens...

Steve


>
> only two M lenses come to my mind with this length of production were
> the original 1961 35 'lux 1961-1995 (34 years) and the  2nd
> 50 'lux 1962-1994 (32 years).
>
> -rei
>
> On Mar25 01:18, A.H.Schmidt wrote:
>> Hi, I am not quite sure, why anybody would want to worry about  any
>> abberations of the Noctilux.
>>
>  ....
>> 2. The lens has been around for some time now, and if  there where
>> better F1 lens, then, I am quite sure,
>> Leica would release a somewhat updated lens.
>
> -- 
> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
>
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Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] happy birthday!)
Reply from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] happy birthday!)
In reply to: Message from horsts at iinet.net.au (A.H.Schmidt) ([Leica] Re:Noctilux abberations?)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] happy birthday!)