[Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Steve,

I also have seen that my 35 Summilux pre-asph does seem to perform much 
better with my M8.  I cannot explain it, but that has been my experience.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>
>
> Steve, in the context of other lenses and systems, I have seen  
> statements on the Olympus and Canon fora to the effect that some  
> lenses exhibit quite different characteristics depending on the  
> capture medium. Why that would be the case I have no idea, but I have  
> seen enough comments to that effect to consider it valid.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
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> 
> On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
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