Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 F1.4 vs. 90 F2 Apo Asph: Best with M6?
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:51:20 -0400

The two 90 shots on the page were wide open, but the 75 shots were shot at
f2.8 (my standard f-stop for outdoot portrait style shots).   This may
sound like heresy, but I rarely use the 75 wide open.  It works, but I find
that sometimes a background can be just TOO out-of -focus.

Dan C.

 At 12:10 PM 16-04-00 +1000, AlastairF@bhs.grampianshealth.org.au wrote:
>If you are interested in seeing how the bokeh of the APO 90 compares with
>the 75, check out my Leica page
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>Nice shots, and as already mentioned lovely scans. I suspect that much of
>the difference in Bokeh is due to the differing focal lengths of the lens.
>With the 75 you are in closer and the b/g is more 'blurred'. The greater
>distance with the 90 allows a less painterly bokeh. I am presuming that the
>lenes were wide open?
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>cheers
>
>Alastair
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