Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] New BOKEH Page
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Tue May 31 20:06:18 2005
References: <BAY101-F10317A6DAF40E65F95F8F3AB050@phx.gbl>

I always figured "good bokeh" was only with 1930 Elmars. :)

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Marshall"
Subject: [Leica] New BOKEH Page


> Amazing that the new CV 40 Nokton has made it to the "bad bokeh" list in
> just a few months after it's release. Amazing because this attribution
came
> from a few members of internet forums looked at scans of a few scanned
> pictures from a Japanese magazine & labeled its bokeh as "harsh" or
"edgy."
> Copycats then repeated this characterization. Amazing further because
actual
> users of this lens really like it & disagree with this characterization of
> its bokeh. Now it's preserved in time on a web page - along with ratings
of
> other lenses, also evaluated subjectively but treated as these ratings
> actually have some meaning. Go figure.
>
> Bill



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