Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/25
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Johnny Deadman jotted down the following:
> Not my promised rigorous test, but a new set of images from Human Traffic
> all shot with the Summilux-M 50mm.
>
Interesting. The thing that does it for me is tonal rendition. The Summi
is much smoother, softer, gentler, quieter, more subtle than the Nokton.
The Nokton is more "in your face", loud, it screams at you and grabs you
attention, saying "LOOK AT ME". The Summi does less to direct your
attention, but allows you time to discover the picture, to explore. I hear
film music-style heavy chords in Nokton images, but string quartets in the
Summi's. The Summi strikes me as more intimate. The Nokton as more harsh.
Bokeh-wise, I don't see the dramatic differences that you do. For instance,
in the shot:
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/humantraffic/nokton/pages/013.html
...taken with the Nokton, the OOF light trellis at the top left is
beautiful. On the other hand, the foreground OOF man and especially the
highlight along his glasses, is not very nice. On the whole, the Summi
seems to have a softer edges to the bokeh diffusion circles, which is
perhaps one contributing factor to the experiences reported above.
M.
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