Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dante, > It is a myth that "bokeh" is an inherent or intentionally-created > characteristic of any Leica lens. Why? Do you have proof of this? Did you read this: http://www.darkroom.com/MiscDocs/bokeh.pdf It clearly shows that one CAN design bokeh "into" a lense. How do you know what characteristics of a design are intentional and not intentional? Just because something is inherent, doesn't mean it wasn't intentional. > What we call bokeh is a complex of aberrations in out of focus areas. As > Erwin Puts is quick to point out, for about 75 years, Leica has > attempted to > design all aberrations out of their lenses. As they become more and more > successful at eliminating them, the bokeh gets worse and worse. I don't agree with that. How come my Zeiss 110/2 has the best bokeh of any lense I have ever seen, and it's a very modern lense? As well as my 85/1.4 Zeiss for my Contax? This may also be true with the Leica lenses, it's just that I don't have any of the latest designs, like the 90/2 to see if the bokeh is "worse", but it sure isn't "worse" on my 50/1.4 and my 75/1.4. Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html