Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But the Xenar gets real swirly ... http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-43264.html That's wide open (almost, 4.0). The Xenotar is not real great, but I can't find the shot right now. I will ... (it's nowhere close to this though). Daniel On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > b.d., > > yes, the xenotar appears to produce "misty" but not "swirly". > > -rei > > On Oct03 16:07, B. D. Colen wrote: > > ... > > By the way, the depth of field comparison is quite interesting. And of > > course we get to see the shallow depth of field with a much less > > disturbing bokeh... ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rei Shinozuka > > Subject: [Leica] not-a-lux > > > > as a fan of the noctilux, i've recently come across the schneider > > xenotar 150mm/f2.8 and ran it though some of the images i normally take > > with the noctilux: > > > > http://www.shinozuka.org/20040914-xeno/ > > > > to keep everything on-topic, > > at the bottom i show the xenotar rig next to the noctilux. no one ought > > ever complain about the size and weight of the noctilux. > > > > -rei > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >