Re: [Leica] bokeh, Nocti and otherwise [was: NOCTILUX-M f/1/50 mm]

[Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com>]

"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> 
Believe it or not, he was comparing the Summarit and Nocton. I have a
print out
of the mail in front of me, dated Sun, 13th April 1997 LUG. Maybe one
too many
after dinner schnaps? ;-)

feli
 

> Forgive me if I'm in error here, but I believe the comparison is between
> a 50 Summilux - not Summarit - and the 50 Nokton. And it's not
> surprising that the Nokton - even at its bargin basement price - would
> have the edge, given that it is a modern aspherical lens and the 50
> Summilux was last tweaked in, when, the mid-60s. The Summilux, btw,
> certainly has the edge is build quality, but that is true of all Leica
> lenses when compared to those of virtually any other manufacturer. But
> the Nokton is a very nice fast 50, not matter what it's compared to.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> B. D.
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