Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] happy birthday!
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Mar 24 07:16:46 2006
References: <200603241030.k2OAU4vV089266@server1.waverley.reid.org> <4423FFD0.3030804@iinet.net.au> <20060324145201.GE4567@panix.com> <AE6A43F6-20BC-49F5-BCDA-1880CD8679A8@cox.net> <44240C2F.40708@waltjohnson.com> <9b678e0603240715p23f4c8d0p887077cd1cec6cb9@mail.gmail.com>

Ah, someone remembered,


walt

Don Dory wrote:

>Walt,
>I will take the bait.  Let us pretend that I Googled you.
>
>HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALT!  May we have many more years of your ascerbic wit and
>photography.
>
>Don
>don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
>On 3/24/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Every time I see one of these "happy birthday" posts I get cheerful.
>>Thinking someone remembered Saturday is my birthday. Then go to find out
>>it's all about some damn lens. Oh, the heartbreak...... :'( :'( :'(
>>
>>
>>Walt
>>
>>
>>Steve Barbour wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>On Mar 24, 2006, at 7:52 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>a most timely message!  2006 is the 30th birthday of the f1 noctilux.
>>>>and i still trust it.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>and Rei... fwiw....
>>>
>>>the photos from the Noctilux routinely appear to me better !! than I
>>>anticipated they would be...
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm not sure what that really means, but I can't say that about any
>>>other lens...
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>only two M lenses come to my mind with this length of production were
>>>>the original 1961 35 'lux 1961-1995 (34 years) and the  2nd
>>>>50 'lux 1962-1994 (32 years).
>>>>
>>>>-rei
>>>>
>>>>On Mar25 01:18, A.H.Schmidt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Hi, I am not quite sure, why anybody would want to worry about  any
>>>>>abberations of the Noctilux.
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>> ....
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>2. The lens has been around for some time now, and if  there where
>>>>>better F1 lens, then, I am quite sure,
>>>>>Leica would release a somewhat updated lens.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>>>>Ridgewood, New Jersey
>>>>
>>>>
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In reply to: Message from horsts at iinet.net.au (A.H.Schmidt) ([Leica] Re:Noctilux abberations?)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] happy birthday!)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] happy birthday!)
Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] happy birthday!)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] happy birthday!)