Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Somewhere I have a photo of theUS Navy version of the 90mm f1 that was for sale a while back - I'll see if I can find it Tim A - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob McElroy" <idag@pce.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:24 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: 90mm f1.0 -was f/0.3 Noctilux > Hmmm? For some reason this is my third try at posting this message to the LUG in the last 3&1/2 hours. Here's hoping it gets through. > -Rob > > Rob McElroy wrote: > > > Hello Henning, > > > > Does the 90mm f1.0 you examined cover the full 35mm frame? The Leitz 90mm f1.0 manufactured for the Picker X-Ray Corp is a different optical design > > and doesn't cover 35mm. > > > > Did all of the wide-open images from this lens exhibit as much flare as the image you posted? > > > > Just Curious, > > Rob McElroy > > Buffalo, NY > > > > > > Henning Wulff wrote: > > > >> At 9:36 AM -0400 8/30/01, Zeissler, Mitch wrote: > >> >Wow! Is that the 90mm f/1.0? What a BEAST! > >> > > >> >/Mitch Zeissler > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: Henning Wulff [mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com] > >> >Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:43 AM > >> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Noctilux for Rabs > >> > > >> >...a decimal got away on you. You're thinking of the f/0.3 Noct, which > >> >is, I believe, still in pre-production. > >> > > >> >Here are some pictures of Tom A. with a prototype, and one of Tom taken > >> >with the prototype: > >> > > >> >http://www.archiphoto.com/B&W/Tom&Noct.jpg > >> >http://www.archiphoto.com/B&W/Tom&Noct2.jpg > >> >http://www.archiphoto.com/B&W/AllBokeh.jpg > >> > > >> >Please note the exclusive nature of this information, and treat it with > >> >the reverence it deserves. :-) > >> > >> Yep, that's the one. Not exactly a convenient picture taking instrument. > >> > >> -- > >> * Henning J. Wulff > >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > >