Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] Shooting with the Olympilux
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sun Aug 20 14:40:25 2006

Thanks, Steve - you are far too kind. The lens definitely has a soft look,
but the mm that is in focus is definitely sharp - look at the strawberry
seeds...everything else is soft....it has a fairly substantial area I'd call
depth-of-jusssst-out-of-focus, and then it falls way off....


On 8/20/06 3:12 PM, "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:48 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
>> Better known as the 55 f 1.2 Zuiko lens for the OM series, mounted
>> on an E1
>> - which makes it a 110 f 1.2....
>> 
>> I played with it a bit while shooting a wedding yesterday....for
>> some reason
>> my images are showing up in the gallery lighter than they are on my
>> computer
>> screen, but that aside....
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDColen/Olympilux6 and 5,4,3,2, and 1 -
> 
> BD ...great eye... beautiful images with a wonderful lyrical
> feeling...  I think you are just getting better and better...
> 
> seeing more, feeling more and technically I find these photos
> terrific...
> 
> maybe you are more relaxed and comfortable ? ... whatever, it seems
> 
> to show in your images...
> ]
> 
> btw, when Don said you have a soft sample...
> 
> I think he was referring to your lens,   but I don't think so....
> 
> great lens especially for the purpose...
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Knock yourselves out....Me, I'm quite taken with the Olympilux
>> glow, and was
>> pleasingly surprised by the bokeh given what we get with some other
>> f 1.2
>> and 1 lenses. ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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