Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I were young enough to justify it, I'd have the Noctilux along with 35mm and 75mm Summiluxes. I'd add a 21 or 24 to the mix and possibly one of the 135's. Bud Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Bob, > > I tried a Noctilux in Lucien's office once, and last week at a dealer in Brussels. > The slides convinced me that this is a lens for me. > > I am struggling a bit right now with the decision as to whether to keep my other > 50mm lens, the 1.4 Summilux. I do find the 50mm focal length useful, and I > originally bought the Summilux as a compromise between the optical quality of the > Summicron and the speed of the Noctilux. Now that I have the real thing, I am not > sure it makes sense to keep two 50mm lenses. I guess I will have to shoot a bit > with the Noctilux at more normal apertures and see how I like the results. > > Nathan >