[Leica] Newbie wades in, lured by the Noctilux

[khect at tampabay.rr.com (kevin.hecht)]

GeeBee wrote:

>Dear Newbie :-)
>
>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. 
>
Well, practicallity is overrated. F:1 and be there is pretty cool. Kind 
of like a photographic Ferarri or M5 (to keep it German).

I don't have much posted on the web, but here's some BW& Color of a 
Hungarian folk dance.  A few pictures are very nice, I posted too many 
(to include the dancers).
Needless to say, this was a workout in focussing.  Better than a 60% 
rate, if I recall, shooting   B/W (delta 400) between 1.0 and 2.8 most 
of the time. I think the color was Kodak 'max' so it is a little grainy, 
and shot a stop or two faster than the BW.

>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 :-)
>

At f/1.0 of course. 

>
>To summarise. Splash the cash :-)
>
>Just my 2 cents
>
>--Graham (down to my last 2 cents) Battison
>
And financially, it will hold  it's value, as long as you don't try 
bouncing it off the floor or dropping it cow excrement or something..