Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/21

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Subject: Re: Bokeh on (worlds simplest) web page
From: Michael Leitheiser <flyh2o@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 21:09:17 -0800

Sorry to ask, but only other variable was lens, correct?  Film, aperture,
speed all the same?  Look different to me.  

At 04:41 AM 11/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I have placed an example (?) of differing bokehs on
>http://www.microtec.net/~dcardish/bokeh.htm where you will find 4 photos,
>clearly identified.  The one problem as I see it is that the model leaned
>towards me slightly in the shot taken with the DR 50, and so the plane of
>focus was closer to me than in the other photograph.  I'm not sure how this
>may affect the out of focus appearance of the photos.  (Didn't I tell you
>that the test was flawed?  ;-))
>
>The scanned images are dissappointing, and don't make quite the point that
>the originals do.  I need my own scanner!
>
>What do you think?  Do the "Bokehs" differ for the two lenses?
>
>Dan C.
>
>
>
Mike Leitheiser

"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
                                   Tom McGuane