Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think we are talking at cross-purposes. My comment was that Leica AG (and Leitz before it) is purposefully vanquishing aberrations, and in doing so is designing bokeh "out" of its lenses. As you and I are aware (and yes, I read that article several times over the past year), other companies (Nikon, Konica, and Zeiss) are indeed designing it back in. It was a statement on Leica's core values in lens design, not on the ability of someone to design for (or against) bokeh. > From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:08:53 -0500 > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Bokeh - Leica myth. > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html