Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., B.D., c'mon, tranquilla. Bokeh is only an issue if you use the bloody lens. What is wrong with saying 'I like the look of that lens' ? Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh - today and tomorrow! > Douglas Cooper wrote: > > > > On 2/25/01 3:01 AM, Leica Users digest expressed the following: > > > > > I have the Nikkor f/1.4 fifty From the Fifties. It may very well have > > > Nissan bokeh (a.k.a. Dead Drunk Bokeh). I bought it years ago to replace a > > > Leitz Summitar f/2, which had very smooth, pleasant BMW bokeh at f/2 even > > > in the *in*-focus areas. Since I buy fast lenses in order to actually > > > *use* them wide open, and since the Nikkor gave me a usable f/1.4, I was > > > pretty happy with it. > > > > > > Now that I have been Initiated and have Obtained Enlightenment at the feet > > > of the Zen Bokeh-San master, I realize that I should be ashamed of this > > > lens. > > What you should be ashamed of is buying a lense because you are going to > USE it! What kind of patent nonsense is that? Don't you know you are > supposed to buy lenses to admire them, to "collect" them, to compare and > contrast them, to study their BOW KA. Use? Use? Have you lost your > mind?;-) >