Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 8:18 AM +0100 12/7/08, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> My M8 is arriving on Tuesday, and I have my standard lens already, >> a 35mm Summarit. On the wide end, the 18mm Zeiss is in the hands of >> John Milich. All well and good. But I also need a fast 50mm lens >> (doesn't everyone?). When I was using film M's, I tried the >> 1.5/50mm Nokton. The lens was nice and sharp but the bokeh was so >> ugly that I sold it and got a Summilux instead. Now I wonder if the >> out-of-focus rendition is different/better on an M8? From a price- >> performance point of view this lens cannot be beaten, but I intend >> to shoot it a lot at f1.5 (otherwise, what's the point of buying a >> fast lens?) and that implies large areas that are out of focus, >> which in turn makes bokeh somewhat important. >> >> So if anyone has experience with the M8+Nokton combination, I would >> love to hear from them. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain > > > No better on an M8. not a surprise I feel, but speaking of bokeh...is there any technical/ logical reason to expect a different/improved look on the M8 vs film? Steve > > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information