Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/27

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Subject: Re[3]: [Leica] supposed to be a Leica M group
From: Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:07:43 -0500
 
     
     Quality?
     
     So, the quality of Leica lenses is such that they enable pictures to 
     be taken in ambient light where the lenses of equal speed from other 
     manufacturers require "a zillion mega candles of light from strobes," 
     is that correct?
     
     Art Peterson
     

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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] supposed to be a Leica M group
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at internet
Date:    1/27/98 11:07 AM


   Art Peterson wrote:
     
> Sure, the Noctilux is a great lens (I only wish I could afford one), 
    > and it can yield impressive results in situations like that
described. 
    > But just as surely, it is not unique.  Canon also makes an f/1.0
lens, 
    > I believe, and many other camera manufacturers include among their 
    > products f/1.2 lenses, which are barely more than a half-stop slower 
     >than the Noctilux and so would hardly require "a zillion mega candles
     
    > of light from strobes" in order to "shoot KR in these situations."  
     
>So what's this really all about?
     
Quality.
     
Lucien
BELGIUM