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Subject: RE: [Leica] When f 1 is too mush!
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:03:31 -0400

Damn, Peter, I fell for it! I went and looked again and now I have to go lay
down for a few minutes. BTW, there is another syndrome, in addition to
nausealux syndrome, and that's insertus syndrome. Take a look at the bottom
photo, and the one right above it - the very cute little boy looks like a
paper cutout whose been dropped into the photo - inserted - with nausealux
areas in front of and behind him. This, of course, brings me back to my
argument that the Noct is a wonderful tool for use when there is no other
way to get the shot in very low light...but otherwise belongs wraped up in
the bottom of the camera bag..;-)

B. D.

And I am picking on the Noctilux, NOT Rei's wonderful photography. :-)

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Peter Klein
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 11:43 AM
To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] When f 1 is too mush!



For anyone who didn't see them, Rei's series of his kids lying among the
autumn leaves are a perfect example of "nausealux syndrome":
http://www.shinozuka-family.com/200110autumnlux2/index.html

They reminded me of a game I played when I was very little. I liked to
spin myself around until I got dizzy. Then I'd lie on my back and look up
at the tree branches and sky, and watch them continue to spin around for a
while.

Poor B.D. got seasick online when Rei posted these.

- --Peter Klein
Seattle, WA

"Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com> wrote:

after all that,  aren't you going to post examples ?!?

perhaps you are talking about the "nauselux" syndrome,
where you are focusing at 6 ft, and objects about 12 ft
and in the center 3/4" of the frame take on a swirling,
motion-filled appearance.

i personally find the phenomenon fascinating, but others
on this list are less enthusiastic.

- - -rei


> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> "When f 1.0 is too much out of focus!"

> Hi Gang,

> An interesting observation when using the Noctilus at f 1.0 creating a
> "too much out of focus look" that actually becomes a distraction
> compared to the same situation at f 2.0!  Same lens but stopped down
> to f 2.0.
>


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