Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do like the bokeh on these. Nothing distracting or idiosynchratic about it. And the size of the lens is amazing considering its speed. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan States Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:03 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] An informal test of my 50/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar (on a ContaxIia) I've always been amazed by the performace of the 1.5 AND the f2. At f2.8 they are my favorite portrait lenses. Amazingly sharp and crisp but with smooth backgrounds and well controlled flare. They really were WAY ahead of their time. >From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>, "'RFLIST'" ><rflist@cameraquest.org>, <paw@micapeak.com> >Subject: [Leica] An informal test of my 50/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar (on a >Contax >Iia) >Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:57:28 -0600 > >I have never seriously used my 50/1.5 Sonnar because my Contax IIa >isn't terribly light-tight and its rangefinder is out of vertical >alignment. However, having just bought a 50/1.5 Sonnar in Leica LTM >mount, I tried to see what the lens could do. I don't have any of the >fancy equipment that Erwin Puts has, so my lens test consists primarily >of walking around the campus annoying people under different lighting >situations. Here are four shots from that roll of Tri-X. > >http://www.400tx.com/Susan.html f/1.5 http://www.400tx.com/Michael.html >f/2.0 http://www.400tx.com/Thomas.html f/4 >http://www.400tx.com/Phillip.html f/5.6 > >My knee-jerk reaction is that it is a pretty good lens with nice bokeh, >but isn't razor sharp wide open (Susan may be blurry because I was at >1/50). So, it gives me pretty much what my Summarit and Canon 50/1.2 >lens give me wide open...less than stellar images. However, closed down >just a stop it starts performing fairly well. > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA >http://www.400tx.com > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information