Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops, left off the URL: http://2image.com/Hungary/ kevin.hecht wrote: > > > 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.. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >