Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!)
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:40:45 -0600
References: <3DDFF93C.6080009@webshuttle.ch> <002f01c2933f$f45aa880$6601a8c0@sphillips> <3DE08500.9080203@webshuttle.ch>

I like my Nokton, but it is a heavy lens. Bokeh has always been its bad rap.

At 11:22 AM 11/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks Nathan, I wondered if it was the Nokton. I was interested because of
>course it's an interesting alternative to a Summilux or even a Noctilux.
>Were any PAWs or images on your site taken with it by any chance?
>
>Thanks for the info.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:51 AM
>Subject: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm
>lens!)
>
>
> > Hi Stuart,
> >
> > It was the current 50mm Voigtlander Nokton. The images were sharp
> > enough, but the bokeh (out-of-focus rendition) was extremely harsh and
> > ugly. I know that there is controversy about this concept and do not
> > wish to start another long thread about it, but for me bokeh does play a
> > part in lens evaluation. So I sold the Nokton and got a Summilux instead.
> >
> > With a 21mm lens the bokeh is irrelevant, since nothing is really out of
> > focus anyway.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Stuart Phillips wrote:
> > > Nathan,
> > > Can I ask you which Voigtlander 50mm you owned and why you found it
>wanting?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
> >
> > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
> > mobile: +41 78 732 1430
> >
> > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
> > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm
> >
> >
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Replies: Reply from Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> ([Leica] Re: Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!))
In reply to: Message from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> ([Leica] Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!)
Message from "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com> (Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!)
Message from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> ([Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!))