Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] not-a-lux
From: daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Mon Oct 4 06:30:33 2004
References: <20041003174011.GB4347@panix.com> <004e01c4a984$977e71c0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com> <20041004131615.GB13275@panix.com>

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
>
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