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Subject: [Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Dec 8 17:05:10 2008

Will do, but it will tak a while to find the film negs to scan, since I have 
not used film in about 2 years.  ;-)  in the next day or so.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
>
> 
> On Dec 8, 2008, at 5:31 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
> 
> > Steve,
> >
> > All I know is the 35 'Lux no longer has the strange glow effects  
> > that they have on film.  My guess as to why may be in the way the  
> > light strikes the sensor cells/elements versus film.
> 
> I'd love to see this...post them and we'll have a look.
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Gene
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> seems bizarre Nathn, wishful thinking on the part of those reporting
> >> it...
> >>
> >>
> >> it's hard to think of an earthly reason why, especially with regard  
> >> to
> >> bokeh,
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Nathan
> >>>
> >>> Nathan Wajsman
> >>> Alicante, Spain
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> >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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
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