Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Huczek wrote: > > At 12:00 PM 22/12/98 +0000, John wrote: > > One thing I really like about the Leica lenses is their ability to > > render the in-focus subjects nearly 3d in its differentiation from > > the background. I don't know if this is true with Nikkors. > > I've heard this so many times that I'm not sure anymore if this is a > LUG myth or if there is some truth to it. Older SM Leica lenses may > have been designed optically to bring this about intentionally, but > is there any truth to this for newer lenses, or is it just part of > the Leica mystique? Bokeh is not a myth. Internet links on Bokeh: http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~vhchan/bokeh.html http://www.slonet.org/~dkrehbie/bokeh/bokeh.htm http://fox.nstn.ca/~hmmerk/ATVB.pdf (PDF-file, needs Acrobat Reader) http://homepages.adhoc.net/gzappi/foto/bokeh-e.htm http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/bokeh.html http://www.princeton.edu/~law/lenses.html M. - -- Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho