Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/23

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Subject: [Leica] Bokeh
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Fri Jan 23 23:46:54 2009
References: <20090121014029.8D501105CC@ws1-3.us4.outblaze.com> <36172e5a0901232110s18420f6dn49455e0934f10098@mail.gmail.com>

Belgian beer for me Geoff, not exclusively for the beer.
The photo has the look of ancient glass, plus the bonus of extra shine - 
superb!

Thanks for sharing
Amiti?s
Philippe


Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

>Some photos from two of my favourite Leica M lenses, The Summilux-M 50mm
>f/1.4 ASPH. & the APO-Summicron-M  75mm f/2 ASPH.
>Note retention of shapes even in out of focus areas. See reproduction
>of highlights and rich tones in shadows. I typically shoot these lenses from
>wide open to around f/4, like true believers should ;-). The OoF highlights
>of both are quite characteristic.
>The larger web sizes provide a better view.
>50 wide open (film)
>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/90728291
>
>50 f/5.6-ish (film)
>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/91239055
>
>50 wide open (M8)
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/f/SM9.jpg.html
>
>50 f/4-5.6-ish (M8)
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/d/SF11.jpg.html
>
>
>75 at f/3.8 & f/4 (M8) <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/106035165>
>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/104733063
>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/101824436
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/f/IB1.jpg.html
>
>75 f/2 (M8)
>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/101824440
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/f/Borg.jpg.html
>
>  
>

In reply to: Message from freakscene at weirdness.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Bokeh)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Bokeh)