Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16

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Subject: [Leica] re: should i buy a noctilux?
From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:13:00 -0400 (EDT)

> the famous 50mm  F1 Noctilux lens, and since I value picture quality
> very highly, do not like flash and am happy when I get a picture which I
> think  
  
because you value picture quality is not the reason to get a nocti -- the
quality at f 1 is considerably less than what you'll get w/ your sumi at f
2, you'd do better w/ faster film. also, as the DOF is so incredibly
shallow, i'm not sure what kind of street photos you'd get unless you
focus a lot faster and more accurately than i do or you're shooting things
that aren't moving.... 

if you have to ask, you almost certianly don't need it. as to whether or
not you _want_ it and have the money to buy one and want to look cool next
time you bump into some LUGgers, that's an entirely different story....

just my .02 -- take it for what it's worth

kc