[Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?)

[Nathan Wajsman]

Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. But I loved this pic on FB and I love it here.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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On 22 Oct 2014, at 23:00, kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> In reading lens reviews I’ll often see something like “this portrait lens really starts to shine at f5.6” and I think “f5.6? who in their right mind would ever stop down to f5.6 with a portrait lens? Open it up all the way and solder down the aperture ring." But then occasionally I think “eek, my DOF is a little narrow there” and I resign myself to the possibility that, occasionally, f4 is warranted if you want to get both the lion and the gazelle in focus. 
> 
> Not that I’ll likely ever do it, but I’ll accept it may be true.
> 
> Here’s a high res portrait that may or may not be sharp enough.
> 
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/stars-flower-high-res.jpg
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