Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG'gers, I can't speak to the original poster's intent, but I understood the comparison. In fact, it's not a new idea. In an old LHSA Viewfinder article by Dick Gilcreast, he compares and contrasts the handheld functionality of a 35mm Summilux to the Noctilux. Mr. Gilcreast suggests, rightly so, that a camera with a 35mm lens can be shot at lower speed than the same camera with a 50mm lens. The article suggests that in this comparison, the available light gathering ability of these lenses are equal if they are both opened up and shot at their functional handheld speeds (35 Summilux = 1/15 and Noctilux 1/30). I would post the URL, but it is since dead after LHSA secured a unique domain name. John Beal II Redmond, OR - ----- Original Message ----- From: A.H.SCHMIDT <horsts@primus.com.au> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 35/1.4 ASPH vs Noct > > > I must be missing something here. > > How can anyone try and compare a 35mm Summilux Asph to a 50mm Noctilux. > > I could see The question to be put for a comparison between a 35mm Summilux vs > a 35 mm Summicron, or a any 35mm versus any 50 mm or a similar combination. > > But not a specific lens of one focal length to a specific lens of another focal > length. > > Regards, Horst Schmidt > > >