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Helen Hill with a Question.....

helenhill

Senior Member
If YOU were I
What would YOU do ?

sell my 1966 35mm Lux & my 1973 50mm blk Lux
add some Moula and BUY a 1978 Noctilux 1.0

OR
keep the 35 & 50
Go to Tokyo and Kyoto for a Week, shoot my Brains out (& be Drunk)
as well as visit 2 friends / Gabor & Junku Newcleus are You Listening ;)

Cheers & Thanx for participating in my Mental Madness....
 
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Jack

Sr. Administrator
Staff member
Wait -- are you saying KEEP the gear you own and take the trip, or are you saying you'd sell the gear to take the trip?

I'd do whatever I needed to do to take the trip WITH my cameras! Forget the expensive lens -- it's not a need, just lust.

:D,
 

Bob

Administrator
Staff member
Helen,
Cynthia and I would be glad to escort you and show you the sights.
Shoot your brains out IMO.
Forget the Nocti
bring a body, a 50 a 35, and a bunch of film. Or if one lens, maybe the 35 lux
-bob
 

docmoore

Subscriber and Workshop Member
Sell everything...buy an Olympus Stylus 35.

Go to Tokyo Kyoto for a MONTH....shoot your brains out.

Whatever, enjoy!:toocool:

Bob
 

Amin

Active member
Definitely option #2. Irrespective of cost, 95% of the time I'd rather use your 1973 50mm blk Lux than a 1978 Noctilux 1.0, so for me it is a no brainer. Like getting a 35 lux, cash, and trip for free ;).
 

Don Hutton

Member
Option 2 every time. I find f2 or f1.4 works for me just about 100% of the time, especially since I sold my Noctilux a good while ago...
 

Dale Allyn

New member
I'd add my suggestion, but it looks pretty unanimous without my input.

(Enjoy your trip and post pics when you return. ;) )
 

LJL

New member
Helen,
Take the trip!!! When I first read your post and how you were wondering which choice to make, I almost wanted to send you my 2007 Noctilux to use just so you would not entertain anything but travel thoughts ;-) Take what you have and shoot all you can.

LJ
 

LJL

New member
Noctilux shmoctilux. You don't need no stinkin' Noctilux.
Au contraire.....the Noctilux feeds a real need for many :thumbup: In Helen's case, it seems that the trip to Japan should far exceed the Noctilux need :D

LJ
 

kweide

New member
What a question .....
easy decision..........
Take the trip just after you bought the Noctilux
 

helenhill

Senior Member
Well it seems the Decision stands United.... Thanx & Love ya ALL
Coooool. now I have to muster the Strength of a 13 hr flight
(the longest flight I have taken is 8hrs and I was wrecked from claustrophobia)

Bob & Cynthia /if work pulls YOU that way in the World...Grand !
I am thinking around the 1st of February /my B-day

as Tim says You don't need no stinkin noctilux....
as Don says 1.4 / 2.0 works about 100% of the Time...more so using
1600 neopan OR rollei retro 100... YEAH !!!

Charles.'shiro _kuro'... if your in Japan then I WILL see Ya !

Amin & Guy : such SENSIBLE thinking

LJL: wow a 2007 nocti and here I'm thinking retro ...:eek:

Jack: as of Tomorrow I will have a blk/chrome M6ttl
what YOU always told me to BUY in the first place...Eric is happy I will no longer steal his...:ROTFL:

Johnstovall: Keep me company on a looooong flight, show me Kyoto,
and get out of TEXAS for awhile....

DCmoore/Bob: is that olympus stylus come with FILM

Kweide: I can't afford a nocti & trip ...we are in a recession ya know :)

Cmb/Charles; Hope to see you tonight at John's Exhibit

Ed: Japan it is....
 

monza

Active member
Helen -- Just make sure to get an aisle seat. I once had the misfortune of getting the middle seat of five on a return flight from Tokyo Narita. :( ACK!
 

docmoore

Subscriber and Workshop Member
Helen,

The older Oly Stylus 35 was a cheap $89 camera with an unbelievably sharp 4 element lens with asph element in a plastic body....

Don Chatterton, who sold me my first three Leica Ms, carried one when he traveled and recommended it to me. No manual focus but great autofocus small built in flash and no pride of ownership. But the pictures out of the camera were wonderfully sharp. Don was a West Coast Leica dealer who could have carried any M camera he wanted.

When I am in the don't want to think about the camera mode when traveling but do want to shoot film I carry one. I have a couple left as I tend to give them away.

My earlier post was a reflection on the value of seeing Kyoto Tokyo over an extended period month vs week....some pictures we carry in our heads and they tend to be the ones that sustain us.

Sounds like a great plan under any circumstance...I know that you will treasure the memories.

Bob
 
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