Re: [Leica] Noctilux

[Mary & Stan Kephart <kephartol@att.net>]

Hi Daniele,

I am a relative newcomer as well and had the same experience with the 
Noctilux.
I rented one for a friend's party.  The lights were hidden up in 
cathedral ceilings and 
dimmed for the event!  Yet I shot two rolls of TMZ at 3200 without a 
flash and had amazing results. I have one shot where the only light is 
from the birthday cake!

I use the lens alot for indoor photography, with Fuji 800, and get very 
natural-looking color, even without asking the lab to compensate for 
florescent light, or using a filter.

Thanks for sharing your experience--it's certainly not "boring."  I hope 
you can get a new Noctilux soon.

MK


>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