Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you're comparing it to the wrong one. I think it's designed to mirror the 79-97 model. Cheers - ------------ Dante Stella On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 Krechtz@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/20/00 6:22:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dante@umich.edu > writes: > > << That takes the cake. I bought a Summicron because I liked the 35/2 Hexar > lens... maybe demonstrates the depth of my depravity. I always thought they > looked about the same - the Hexar maintains a perfect circle aperture to > f/4.5, > which is the only visible difference - the Summicron making a decagon (?) I > understand the optical formulæ to be identical. > >> > > My '69 'cron, of which the Hexanon was supposedly a copy, does not exhibit > 2-line bokeh. This is a good example of what can be so frustrating about the > process of predicting an empirical result based on theoretical > considerations, specifically as relates to the appearance of out of focus > areas. That does not negate, however, the validity of the phenomenon known > as bokeh. One simply has to accept that it is neither completely controlled > nor predicted by such factors as the optical formula or number of blades, > nor, for that matter, the shape of a circle formed by light on film. > I bought the Hexar based upon a set of reasonable assumptions, as did you. > The intended use was to shoot at or near wide open, primarily in concert > halls. Under those conditions, the camera was terrific, but the lens was > disappointing. > > Joe Sobel >