Skip,
Thanks for the info. I have never been in to owning Leica very much. I
have had a few II's and III's pass through my hands, but the tiny
viewfinders are not for me. I have messed with a couple M6's at shows,
but just can not justify the costs. I have been looking at the older
Canon LTM's and may try to get one to use with L**ca glass.
Thanks again,
John
"om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> The lens in the auction is a 6-element 50/1.2 Noctilux, not the current
> formulation lens. The f/1.2 was introduced in 1968 and needed aspherical
> surfaces to accomplish it's speed and quality. Back then, making aspheric
> surfaces was pretty costly vs. spherical ones, so the lens was very
> expensive and a low volume item. It was made until 1976 at low production
> numbers until the current 7-element f/1.0 version was introduced in 1976.
> The f/1.0 lens has no aspheric surfaces, which reduced it's manufacturing
> costs. It uses newer glasses and "air-lenses" to replace the need for
> aspheric surfaces. The formulation has remained unchanged for 24 years,
> although I'm sure that underlying glass making, coating technology, and
> manufacturing precision has improved. The lenses were designed and are all
> still made in Canada at Elcan's Midland, Ontario plant.
>
> FYI, the f/1.2 lens doesn't perform as well as the f/1.0 version and is
> typically left to the collectors.
>
> Skip
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: John and Julie Ockman jrockman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:11:23 -0500
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Zuiko 50/ vs Noctilux again
>
> My fellow Zuikoholics
> After seeing this auction, I have no doubt the Zuiko is better.
> Afterall, if you can not afford to buy the camera after you buy the
> lens, all you have is a tube with some glass in it.
> John
> The auction:
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1944808739&category=3006
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