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Subject: [Leica] Nokton 35mm F1.4 WAS 40MM NOW NOKTON 1.2 35MM
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:07:33 -0700
References: <001401cd0c6b$02de00b0$089a0210$@earthlink.net> <AA13FFFB-4408-4C2A-8CE1-600E3524E82E@frozenlight.eu> <3A26E064C6D042D39B54F2E7ED94BA1A@syneticfeba505> <015301cd0d3f$c5abe510$5103af30$@earthlink.net>
I had both and found the 1.2 lovely but anti Leica-eqsue. Seemed huge on M's
On Mar 28, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> The F1.2 lens is 1/3 of a stop faster than an F1.4 lens. I have an F1.4
> lens (that needs mating to my M8 body).
>
> Marginal improvement. Not worth $1K.
>
> YMMV
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>> Get the f1.2 35mm instead.<<<<<<<<<
>
>
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Replies:
Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Nokton 35mm F1.4 WAS 40MM NOW NOKTON 1.2 35MM)
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Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Nokton 35mm F1.4 WAS 40MM)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] Nokton 35mm F1.4 WAS 40MM NOW NOKTON 1.2 35MM)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Nokton 35mm F1.4 WAS 40MM NOW NOKTON 1.2 35MM)