Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed, I mix spherical and asph of the same focal length for different looks. My "core" set are all asph but many of my favoured shots were with spherical.... john ________________________________________ I've come to a place where i accept that each lens design and/or sensor design makes compromises and trade offs. Learning which tools to use to achieve which effects has always been a large part of any craft. Transitioning from film through the quickly changing world of sensors with aspherical design elements involves a learning curve - for both the hardware and post processing software - very similar to the learning curves involved in getting to know films, developers, papers, enlarger lenses, early or modern lens coatings or even uncoated lenses. Sometimes it's frustrating - just as it often was In the "good" old days. I've had and still have enough old glass with glow and bokeh to die for. My three M asph lenses (28 cron, 35 lux, 50 lux) beat the old charmers under most, but not all, conditions; at least in the look I'm after. The only exception is the 75 lux. When all goes right with that one - it's like the best of all worlds. a note off the iPad, George On Jul 9, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > By the way, George, you had some incredibly creamy-bokeh shots posted the > other day, and one of them was with an aspherical Leica lens(!). It blew > away my bias that aspherical = bad bokeh. > > I finally packed up my M8 and sent it back to NJ To get it working again.