Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 27 Jul 99, Henning J. Wulff wrote, at least in part: > The 35/1.4 ASPH and 50/1 take pictures that look quite different. There is > the depth of field issue, and the incredible lack of flare that the Noct > pictures have. The 35 is sharper, and the only difference between f1.4 and > f8 is the depth of field; in the Noct pictures, partly because of the > softness due, I believe, to sperical aberration, and partly due to the > vignetting, f1 pictures are hugely different than the f8 pictures, and a > long way from pictures taken with the 35. What's your take, Henning, on the following hypothetical... Move up with the 35/1.4/ASPH until the field is the same as that of the 50/1 and shoot a subject with the two set at 1.4. What are the likely differences in the pics? - -- Roger mailto:roger@beamon.org Soon as the evening shades prevail the moon takes up the wondrous tale, and nightly to the listening earth repeats the story of her birth. -- Addison