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Subject: [Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Dec 8 07:22:20 2008
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On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> At 8:18 AM +0100 12/7/08, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> My M8 is arriving on Tuesday, and I have my standard lens already,  
>> a 35mm Summarit. On the wide end, the 18mm Zeiss is in the hands of  
>> John Milich. All well and good. But I also need a fast 50mm lens  
>> (doesn't everyone?). When I was using film M's, I tried the  
>> 1.5/50mm Nokton. The lens was nice and sharp but the bokeh was so  
>> ugly that I sold it and got a Summilux instead. Now I wonder if the  
>> out-of-focus rendition is different/better on an M8? From a price- 
>> performance point of view this lens cannot be beaten, but I intend  
>> to shoot it a lot at f1.5 (otherwise, what's the point of buying a  
>> fast lens?) and that implies large areas that are out of focus,  
>> which in turn makes bokeh somewhat important.
>>
>> So if anyone has experience with the M8+Nokton combination, I would  
>> love to hear from them.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>
>
> No better on an M8.

not a surprise I feel, but speaking of bokeh...is there any technical/ 
logical reason to expect a different/improved look on the M8 vs film?


Steve



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