Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] ASPH Flare and harsh Bokeh
From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@imagecraft.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:02:01 -0700
References: <200304281454.h3SEsHG17349@www.worry-free.net>

At 11:11 AM 4/28/2003 -0400, bdcolen wrote:
>... And given how much I shoot in low light, IF I
>can get comparable image quality to that of the LuxASPH from 1.4 up, and
>can get good quality at 1.2, I'll sacrifice size for the extra
>half-stop, which, as Noct fans know, can spell the difference between
>hand-holdable and not being handholdable. ...

Dante Stella has an article on his site on how the 1.2 may not be much 
faster, if at all, than the 1.4. I think because of the number of elements 
and internal reflections. Any way, I am not an optical person, so no 
personal experience at all from me....

// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> 
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