Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. no informed comment to make on the Noctilux. Regarding the Zuiko, I can certainly see, in the wedding shots, what Don has described as the "glow". Disregarding the miniscule DOF, which I could never master with 1.4's let alone bigger, the shots, as displayed, look to me in effect, like older uncoated glass and not at all like a relatively modern era Japanese SLR lens (70's or 80's Zuiko, Nikkor, Canon etc) It may well be some combination of lower light levels and quality, slower speeds, DOF, influencing the shots. Or also personal interpretation on appropriate sharpening for the subjects. That's not a value judgement, in fact for some of the wedding shots, I'm sure that folks would be very pleased to see just what you have shown. I don't see any unevenness suggesting any issue with the particular glass sample. No shortage of resolution in those last posted pics either. It always reminds me of medium format film (abetted by the absence of grain in the digital image. Plus of course the "glow" isn't apparent at all to me in many other photos that you have posted recently. Just my perception based on the low res versions on a computer screen. I do understand that you haven't applied any processing, including sharpening Cheers Hoppy Learning constantly -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Friday, 25 August 2006 09:54 To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] You can buy the Noctilux 50 1.2 on *bay... For the buy-it-now price north of $5K - Or you can buy an Olympilux 55 1.2 for the buy-it-now price of....$355... And don't tell me it isn't sharp, Don. :-) Here's another example - and the second image is a crop at 100 percent. These are raw images, converted to black and white, with no in-camera or post-camera sharpening. http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDColen/OlympiLux2_14 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information