[Leica] Leica line of cine lenses! and Re: Wow, the last word on Bokeh, from Zeiss

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010  Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> posted:
> 
>> Prepare for movies and TV to look better than ever?
> 
>> http://leicarumors.com/2010/04/09/full-details-on-the-leica-cinema-lenses.asp
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> Just because the lenses might be critically corrected doesn't necessarily
> result in better movies.
> 
> I think some of the finest achievements in film images were done in the
> thirties with the Speed Panchro lenses by the likes of Hal Mohr and Joseph 
> L.
> Walker.
> There is great bokeh in films like A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and The
> Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).
> 
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer


I'm not sure if hanging sheets of gauze in front of your lens characterizes
and justifies itself as bokeh.

Those films were also filmed in blue only sensitive film. Far from
panchromatic.

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