Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Cooper wrote: > > On 2/25/01 3:01 AM, Leica Users digest expressed the following: > > > I have the Nikkor f/1.4 fifty From the Fifties. It may very well have > > Nissan bokeh (a.k.a. Dead Drunk Bokeh). I bought it years ago to replace a > > Leitz Summitar f/2, which had very smooth, pleasant BMW bokeh at f/2 even > > in the *in*-focus areas. Since I buy fast lenses in order to actually > > *use* them wide open, and since the Nikkor gave me a usable f/1.4, I was > > pretty happy with it. > > > > Now that I have been Initiated and have Obtained Enlightenment at the feet > > of the Zen Bokeh-San master, I realize that I should be ashamed of this > > lens. What you should be ashamed of is buying a lense because you are going to USE it! What kind of patent nonsense is that? Don't you know you are supposed to buy lenses to admire them, to "collect" them, to compare and contrast them, to study their BOW KA. Use? Use? Have you lost your mind?;-)