Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] bokeh test 18mm f3.8 (Image)
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jefffery Smith)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:53:29 -0500
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I like the fish swimming over the fence.

Jeffery

On Oct 13, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Lee Hermann wrote:

> Hello LUG,
>
> Douglas Nygren asked about the bokeh of the 18mm f3.8 lens.  I do  
> not believe myself a bokeh expert, but I thought to myself, what  
> does the out of focus area look like?  The first image is taken of a  
> flowerpot  with my studio in the background, I focused as close as  
> the ice would allow and used f3.8.  Winter came suddenly and  
> viciously, one day the flowers were happily blooming and the next  
> frozen and covered with snow.  Examine at high magnification.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/recent/20091013-L1062741.jpg.html
>
> It is a pretty ugly photo, but you are interested in "out of focus",  
> right?  The second photo was also shot with the 18mm and used the M8  
> also.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/recent/20090917-L1062589.jpg.html
>
> Comments welcome.  I think the lens is pretty damn good!
>
> Lee
>
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