Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 5/17/04 8:52 AM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > The f1.4 at 20-24" does for me what the f1 even at 1 meter can't do. That > is, give me an image that is consistently well controlled with regard to > isolation of focus area and composition. > It's a sure bet that eventually I'll get the 85mm f1.4. > S. Dimitrov > > >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:53:20 -0400 >> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: PsAW >> >> Actually, I hate the razor-thin dof with the noctilux, find it >> unrealistic and distracting - particularly in daylight situations it >> creates an images that looks as though it's constructed by layering >> paper cutouts. I'm absolutely convinced that if the noct somehow had >> reasonably depth of field at f 1 - say2-3-4-6 inches, people who had >> paid whatever for the lens would rave out about...The non-existant dof >> is, to my way of viewing, a real draw-back, particularly as there is >> absolutely no real-world situation, other than perhaps threading a >> needle, where that's what the human eye perceives..so I'm reasonably >> happy with f 2 - at smaller aps there is just too damn much dof... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Eric >> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 8:27 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: [Leica] Re: PsAW >> >> >> B.D.: >> When I look at the front of my desk anything past the front edge at all goes quickly out of focus. With marvelous dancing Bokeh like a field of wildflowers With the Noct. f1 at 20 thirty feet away is no longer that effect Right now it is raining with the sun out. As I stare at my rosebush 40 feet away between the sidewalk and the street the other side of the rose bush is out of focus and it's only a couple of feet away. I think my Noctilux has more DOF than that. Don?t underestimate the selectiveness of human vision BD. Try looking around you really only see one thing at a time. Chipmunks though see in f64 they need this depth for accurate acorn gathering. Those with tunnel vision quickly went the way of the albino flying squirrel. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/