Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Graham wrote in part:
>I own a Noctilux and for my purposes I can't offer a single practical reason
>for spending such a huge amount of cash on a lens. Taking into consideration
>my annual earnings against other list members, who by and large seem to be
>well educated members of various 'professions', the ?1000 I paid for the
>Noctilux makes me borderline insane.
Ah, but such magnificent insanity! I got my Nocti
from a UK LUGger (thanks Simon), who immediately
started to suffer from Nocti withdrawal symptoms.
It didn't cross my mind for a moment that I could
have bought a pristine Nikon body and several
lenses for the same price.
BTW, you can see some of my early Nocti efforts at:
http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/
<snip>
>Question is, how practical are you? Before you answer consider the received
>wisdom on this list (thanks Ted it works) and picture yourself changing film
>with a camera baseplate held between your teeth.
Ted Grant's Nocti advocacy was the main reason I
bought it - much to the alarm of my bank manager.
As he (Ted, not my bank manager) points out, it's
a great general purpose lens as well as a
specialised one. I used it 'loaded for bear'
(Fuji 800) at a musical evening in Austria
recently. It was so dark that we could barely see
each other, but the shots turned out fine (1/60th
wide-open as I recall).
<snip>
>However, the current value of the Noctilux is academic as far as I am
>concerned. I wouldn't part with mine if it had quadrupled in value. When my
>time comes I may have it buried with me to stop any arguments about who gets
>it :-)
>
Couldn't agree more. My only problem is that I'll
probably be cremated, which may be a waste of a
good Nocti....... :-)
Best
Alex
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