Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, in the context of other lenses and systems, I have seen statements on the Olympus and Canon fora to the effect that some lenses exhibit quite different characteristics depending on the capture medium. Why that would be the case I have no idea, but I have seen enough comments to that effect to consider it valid. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > 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 > > > >> >> >> -- >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information