Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe I can get them to loan it to me to explore this. Sounds interesting... Jem Kime wrote: > Dante, > As many of us have said, the early 35 Summilux is such a wonderful lens but > it has a different set of criteria to the present (asph) version. Don't try > the newspaper on the wall test as you'll think its poor, it's curved field > makes such a test worthless, but if you want the closest bokeh (look) to a > Noctilux at F1 then this, I think, is as close as it gets. > Lovely for dark clubs and pubs, etc. > The curved field comes toward you at the corners which can be handy when > placing foreground interest near you. Unlike the lens fitted to the Olympus > Pen W (Wide) which worked in the opposite way, I'd photographed a sequence > of posts some eighteen inches away yet at the top corners I could count the > bricks on houses that were 400 yds distant! > > regards, > Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Dante A Stella [SMTP:dante@umich.edu] > > Has anyone done a comparison? How bad is the 35/1.4 pre-aspherical > version wide open? I am thinking about getting some extra light but not > as expensively as the 35/1.4 ASPH. Erwin's comparative evaluations > disappeared when he started the new site. > > Thanks > Dante