Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Horst >>Why would anybody find it an advantage, to have less depth of field at a close distance.<< Esthetic reasons? >>The way I see it, lenses of f2 and faster where not developed to provide a small as possible depth of field , but to offer the possibility to be useful at lower light levels.<< You're probably right. But E-6 films weren't designed to be processed in C-41, yet people do it. The 50/2 DR Summicron is somewhat an enigma in that rangefinder cameras weren't designed for closeup photography. But apparently, at one point there was a market for it. BTW, my initial reply was one of semantics. Technically the Summicron is capable of less dof than the Summilux. That's all I meant to imply. David