Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No apology required Buzz! You and I are talking about the same lens. I had a late German production one and it was a mighty fine lens -- except for the aforementioned problem with the aperture stopping at f2 :-) Please feel free to call my comments nonsense anytime you care to. You might be right. As a matter of fact I have an expert on my comments right next to me and she thinks just like you! (She just erupted with a "Hey!") Again I did not mean to dis the lens. I meant to point out that its famous for its mid aperture bokeh not its wide open performance. John Collier On Nov 19, 2004, at 8:24 AM, buzz.hausner@verizon.net wrote: > This may require an appology from me. Is the fourth version to which > you refer the last 35 Summicron prior to the aspherical? I am not > much of a gear-head and do not keep track of lens versions, et cetera. > The only 35 Summicrons on which I am qualified to comment are the > LAST spherical version and the aspherical. The last spherical is a > very fine lens, even wide open, and does exhibit exceptional bokeh. > If the "fourth version" is not this lens, then I appologize for > calling the usually redoubtable John Collier's comments "nonsense." > >> >> From John Collier: >> >> My point is that the 35/2 fourth version is NOT famous for its wide >> open boke. People read that the 35/2(4th) is famous for its boke and >> automatically assume that means it is famous for its wide open boke. >> Far from it, in fact it is criticized for its wide open boke. BTW >> "aberration laden fuzz" is a quote from that famous article that >> started it all in NA.