Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Will do, but it will tak a while to find the film negs to scan, since I have not used film in about 2 years. ;-) in the next day or so. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> > > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 5:31 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > > Steve, > > > > All I know is the 35 'Lux no longer has the strange glow effects > > that they have on film. My guess as to why may be in the way the > > light strikes the sensor cells/elements versus film. > > I'd love to see this...post them and we'll have a look. > > > Steve > > > > > > > > Gene > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> > >> > >> > >> On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman 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, > >> > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Nathan > >>> > >>> Nathan Wajsman > >>> Alicante, Spain > >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >>> > >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> * 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >>>> information > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information