Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jay, Is this a reformulated 50/1.5 Nokton? The bokeh seems nicer than that of the Nokton I remember from a decade ago. Jeffery On Sep 2, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > Totally non-scientific comparison between the new Voigtlander Nokton-M > 1:1.5/50 mm ASPH. and the APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH. > > My analysis: for anything f/2 and smaller, I'll go for the 50 AA. > Contrast, microcontrast and sharpness is noticeably better in the raw > files (not as much on web jpgs). > > But for the price, the CV at f/1.5 is very, very good. > I figure I'll mostly use it on the X-E1 as a 75mm equivalent portrait lens. > > http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/cv_test/ > > Comments and questions are welcomed. > -- > Jay, > > Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > "A photographer is simply someone who is > looking for something that can't be found. > The photograph is the record of that attempt." > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information