Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] When f 1 is too mush!
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:56:33 -0500

on 7/19/02 11:03 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:

> Damn, Peter, I fell for it! I went and looked again and now I have to go lay
> down for a few minutes. BTW, there is another syndrome, in addition to
> nausealux syndrome, and that's insertus syndrome. Take a look at the bottom
> photo, and the one right above it - the very cute little boy looks like a
> paper cutout whose been dropped into the photo - inserted - with nausealux
> areas in front of and behind him. This, of course, brings me back to my
> argument that the Noct is a wonderful tool for use when there is no other
> way to get the shot in very low light...but otherwise belongs wraped up in
> the bottom of the camera bag..;-)
> 
> B. D.
> 
> And I am picking on the Noctilux, NOT Rei's wonderful photography. :-)

You know I've seen these photos before and didn't catch any of the effect
you were talking about. NOW that you guys described it as soon as I look at
the OOF areas I need to recline and focus on a fixed object :O

I assume this only happens wide open...?

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