Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 22:31 09/11/97 -0600, you wrote: >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 Thanks Larry- this is what I thought would probably be the case. The 80mm option seems to be what I'm looking for. I seem to have developed a taste for very shallow depth of field in some situations. Damm, I knew buying that Noctilux would be a mistake! Joe Berenbaum