[Leica] Don't push that film ...

[saganicc at mskcc.org (Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics)]

Some day I'll use mine again.  The only SLR lens I kept.

Christopher Saganich

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From: lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
Philippe Orlent
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:08 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't push that film ...

Looks like you bought a real bargain.


> From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no>
> Organization: Unit for Digital Documentation, Univ. of Oslo
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 10:01:46 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Don't push that film ...
> 
> I've been told. And deep down, I agree. It's just that sometimes you
> really need that extra shutter speed and the choice is between losing
> your shadows or losing you shot.
> 
> So I simply couldn't resist when I passed through the camera store (Oslo
> Kameraservice on Karl Johann) on my way home on Wednesday. There was
> this coke-bottle 1.4 50mm priced less than a carton of cigarettes (I
> don't smoke, so I'm not real sure about the logic here ... I suppose I
> mean I can waste that amount of money on something else, when others
> burn it up).
> 
> Anyway ... a coke-bottle 50 (= Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S Auto) with a stop
> more than any other lens that I own. Remember those? About the size of a
> basefall and the weight of a billiard ball. Silver trim ...
> 
> Now that should let me shoot 400 films at 400 at Louice. Probably miss
> the focus most of the time, but ...
> 
> So I had to test it out first, of course. Wide open, of course. Not much
> sense of using it any other way. I can only use it on one of the F3's
> with stop down metering. If I use it wide-open, I don't have to stop
> down :-)
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album08/05v18_0015
> 
> And 35 years from now, she'll probably look like this:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album08/05v18_0014
> 
> So if anyone out there is debating between a Summilux or a Summicron. Go
> for the Summilux. I know, I know ... Noctilux too. But if you're
> debating that, you can probably afford both anyway.
> 
> Actually, this was just a catharsis ritual. I bought a cheap wide-angle
> zoom for my digital camera (18-70). Crazy how much value they can pack
> into such cheap pacages. The 24-85 has become part of a dedicated p&s
> package.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
>  
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