Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, Tom - I've owned the 28 1.4 Nikon lens, and while it is an excellent lens, it's about the size of a Maxwell House Coffee can - it makes the 35 1.4 asph look like a jewled miniature. As to table top photography - How would one do table-top photography with a wide angle lens that only focuses to about 28 inches? That's not what the lens is for....And as for the bokeh issue. Yes, the bokeh is softer with the pre-asph M 35 1.4 than it is with the ASPH...but so is the entire image. :-) And I can honestly say I've never shot an image with the ASPH whose bokeh fits your description of the bokeh. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Pastorello Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 4:02 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] 35f1.4Asph, Nik28f1.4, 35f1.4non-Asph If I may, I'll respond to two email issues at the same time. Leica 35mm f1.4 ASPH vs. Nikkor 28mm f1.4: I agree to a large degree with Mark's comparison, but there is one area of use in which the Nikkor 28 is superior and unsurpassed -- close-up work, esp. table top or museum display. Wide-open and close up, the 35 1.4 ASPH has such poor bokeh that the out of focus image area actually shatters! Its harshness ruins this type of photography for me. The Nikkor 28 renders wide-open close-up images beautifully. (I also don't see the 28 as so big and noisy. The Nikkor 14 f2.8 or 17-35 f2.8 -- now those are big and noisy.) Leica 35mm f1.4 ASPH vs. non-ASPH: Ditto! The non-ASPH offers beautiful wide-open close-up images. The only limitation I see of this all-time best Leica classic is that it does not get as close as the ASPH and certainly not as close as the Nikkor 28. Tom __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information