Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick Floyd jotted down the following: > > I don't know about the 135, but I specifically remember Mike praising the > character of the 85 which happens to be a favorite of mine as well. > Ah, but my point was not about whether Mike liked the bokeh of the Zeiss lenses or not, but whether or not they were renouned for having good bokeh. In the Zeiss camp, at least, the 85/1.4 and 135/2.8 definately are. Same goes for Zeiss zooms. However, interestingly enough, I find that many Hassy lenses don't have very nice bokeh. The 150/4 in particular seems to have pretty harsh bokeh, which isn't helped by the pentagonal aperture opening, which makes OOF rendition look like subliminal marketing for the US DOD. I'm guessing that the 100/3.5 and 120 Macro should have nicer bokeh, in part due to their symmetrical, modified double-Gauss construction. Any Hassy owners care to comment? M. - -- Martin Howard | Super Cali goes ballistic, Celtics are Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | atrocious. email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- British sports headline. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +-------------------------------------------