Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Handheld Limit of Noctilux
From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 18:04:39 -0500

Alf,

Does this apply to Leitz R lenses too?

Steve

At 10:58 PM 2/15/98 +0100, you wrote:
>C'mon, guys - no lens is "track sharp" at wide open. Specially,
>when you compare 35 mm format hand-held wide-open-pix to MF or 
>LF stopped down tripod pictures.
>
>But, that's not the intention of the Leitz lenses - in my mind. 
>The intention of Leitz glass is to give to you the best choice 
>of all possibilities under bad conditions.
>
>Different, if you have "the" news pix which nobody else has, each 
>news or tv station will show it, no matter whether it's taken with 
>a P&S or the Noctilux. And noone cares either.
>
>Alf
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