Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He still has some comments up: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/10/a-new-king-of-bokeh.html Interesting. Tina On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:48 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > I think he has pulled the site (as part of an overhaul) where he said that > the 'king of bokeh' was wrong, he was shooting at mid-distance at f5.6 > where most lenses look the same.... > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m-lenses/259832-king-bokeh-killed-its-father.html > > john > ________________________________________ > > PESO: > > Mike Johnston (The Online Photographer) has written quite a bit about > bokeh. He has a pdf in which he rates many lenses for their bokeh. > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/files/bokehrankings5.pdf > > He also comments that bokeh gets more problematic: > > the larger the aperture > the closer the focus > the more distant the background > the more contrasty the background > > No wonder I had problems. My 3 photos included all of the problematic > possibilities! > > Guess I'll try again. The Summicron does get a 10 in the lens ratings. > > Tina > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com