Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I never could make sense of this. From the above, one could be > forgiven if > one interpreted it to mean that (a) the Nokton lens has a Gaussian blur > style bokeh, and (b) the 50mm Summilux lens has ni-sen bokeh. > > I seem to remember from Johnny's pictures (and other's) that the exact > OPPOSITE is what you find. I wondered the same thing, Martin, and started to feel that perhaps he (Johnny) was describing more the bokeh characteristics of the 35 asph summilux than the 50. I see evidence of ni-sen bokeh in the 35 samples I referred to in my previous post. I always understoon the 50 'lux to have more of the smoother bokeh you describe here as "Gaussian blur." > Of course, complicating the matter further is the 'halo' effect: I had a > 50mm f/2.8 Elmait in M-mount which had superb bokeh, but clearly exhibited > halos around bright lights. You wouldn't -- however -- have > provoked ni-sen bokeh out of that lens if you'd slapped it until it was > cross-eyed. I take it you tried that approach? :) Dan