Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear LUGgers, I'm quite new to the list, and I've mostly been reading and enjoying the messages (not to mention learning). I bought my first M6 last August, and it impressed me beyond any expectancy from the first roll. The posts concerning the Noctilux have always amazed me and made me curious: how could a lens deserve such comments? Well, now I know, and I have so much impressed, that I wanted to share my feelings with the list, knowing that here I'd find understanding fellows. I had a Noctilux to try during last weekend, and I shot 4 rolls: Fuji press 800 ISO, Fuji NPH 400, and two T400CN. What bewildered me, apart from the capability to happily shoot in low light, has been color rendition in artificial light. I took the camera at a dinner at my brother's place and shot around with the Fuji800. Well, except from a VERY slight yellowish dominant colours are so natural that some pictures seem to have been taken in daylight! When I got the photos back from the lab I was stunned and speechless! Unfortunately somebody else was quicker (and wealthier :-)) than me and got that lens before I could see the results. My mind now is clear: the next used Noctilux that gets into my dealer's place will be mine! I hope not ta have bored you members, but it's been such a great experience that I had to share with somebody who I knew would understand! Regards, Daniele Coliva Bologna, Italia dcoliva@jura.dsnet.it