Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux
From: Dave Myers <myers@bluelake.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:12:08 -0500
 
Dennis Painter wrote:

> CAUTION!
>
> Disengaging the invisible safety release on the Noctilux allowing the
> aperture ring to open to greater than f:1.0 must be done with extreme
> care to avoid the dreaded "black hole" effect wherein all available
> light is sucked into the Nocti thus plunging the photographer and
> subject into total darkness ;-0
>
> PS: if you cannot find the invisible safety release on your Nocti it is
> because it IS invisible!

Hello Dennis,

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read.  Very cool.

Dave