Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This was taken with the Nokton. I have seen better bokeh, but it doesn't annoy me all that much. http://www.jeffery-nola.com/PAW_25.html Jeffery Smith At 11:22 AM 11/24/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks Nathan, I wondered if it was the Nokton. I was interested because of >course it's an interesting alternative to a Summilux or even a Noctilux. >Were any PAWs or images on your site taken with it by any chance? > >Thanks for the info. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:51 AM >Subject: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm >lens!) > > > > Hi Stuart, > > > > It was the current 50mm Voigtlander Nokton. The images were sharp > > enough, but the bokeh (out-of-focus rendition) was extremely harsh and > > ugly. I know that there is controversy about this concept and do not > > wish to start another long thread about it, but for me bokeh does play a > > part in lens evaluation. So I sold the Nokton and got a Summilux instead. > > > > With a 21mm lens the bokeh is irrelevant, since nothing is really out of > > focus anyway. > > > > Nathan > > > > Stuart Phillips wrote: > > > Nathan, > > > Can I ask you which Voigtlander 50mm you owned and why you found it >wanting? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > > > -- > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html