Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe Berenbaum wrote: > Can anyone who has used both state whether the 80/1.4 has > noticeably greater background blur than the 180/2.8? Not with Leicas, unfortunately, but I do use Nikon's 85 mm f/1.4 and 180 f/2.8 lenses. Without a doubt, background blur is more pronounced with the 85 than the 180. As an example, when photographing my dog and filling the frame with her head with the 85 at 1.4, little more than her eyes are in focus. Filling the frame with her head using the 180 at 2.8, eyes and nose fall within the depth of field. Larry