Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02

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Subject: [Leica] Testing the Nokton-M f/1.5 lens
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 13:53:17 -0500
References: <5224DBA1.7030207@jayburleson.com>

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,
> 
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