RE: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

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> Nathan:
>
> If you really NEED the Noctilux for low-light fine.  Or like many, if you
> just want to say you own one that's fine too!  But if your photography is
> generally done using F4 through F11, you're wasting your money.

Wait a minute here. I'm not putting down the Noctilux in any way, but
shouldn't one say that if one's photographic needs are limited to apertures
of f 1.4 through f 16, one "might as
> well save the difference in $ and put it toward your next lens of a
> different focal length."

After all, glow aside, what the Noctilux offers, at a penalty of loss of
sharpness, is that phenomenal extra stop beyond the Summilux. If you rarely
shoot at 1.4, and therefore would virtually never shoot at f1, go for a less
expensive, sharper lens.
>
> Peter K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RBedw51767@aol.com [mailto:RBedw51767@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 10:07 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Luggers are dangerous
>
>
> Nathan:
>
> You do have a dilemna.  I don't know if I could make a good
> decision either.
> My initial thought when I first started considering the Noctilux
> was I would
> need another 50mm for non-lowlight photography.  I thought that
> the Noctilux
> would not be as sharp and I do believe that this is somewhat correct.
> However, there is not as much difference as I thought there would be.  The
> Noctilux will do everything that the Summilux or the Summicron
> will do.  In
> my
> opinion the perfect mate to the Noctilux is the 75/ 1.4  which I
> do not own,
> yet!   Please let me know your opinions of the Noctilux after you
> shoot with
> it.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> << 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 >>
>