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Subject: [Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Dec 8 11:32:44 2008
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On Dec 8, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Bob W wrote:

>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> seems bizarre Nathn, wishful thinking on the part of those reporting
>> it...
>>
>>
>> it's hard to think of an earthly reason why, especially with
>> regard to
>> bokeh,
>>
>>
>
> I should think there are plenty of reasons why. My experience of  
> some of the
> Zeiss lenses on film and digital supports this. Although I never
> particularly compared bokeh

that is very interesting, though I am talking about bokeh per se...do  
you have any examples?  what reasons explain it?


thanks, Steve

> , the amount of colour-fringing I experience when
> using some of the lenses on my Oly E-1 suggests that there are  
> things going
> on when the light hits the sensor that the lens was not designed to  
> deal
> with.
>
> It may be different for Leica lenses on a Leica sensor, because the  
> Leica
> sensor was designed with those lenses and lens characteristics in  
> mind. But
> in general one should expect film and sensor to behave differently,  
> at least
> at this early stage in the development of sensors, for well-documented
> reasons.
>
> Bob
>
>
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Replies: Reply from leica at web-options.com (Bob W) ([Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?)
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