Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You have to take into account that everyone in the photos is 59 years old. ;-) Part of my enthusiasm is the dim lighting that was available to me in many of them. There is a big difference between f/1.4 and f/1.1, and many lesser lenses are soft wide open. I don't find the bokeh to be bad. Anyway, I'm happy with it. Jeffery On Aug 6, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > On Aug 5, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> http://www.400tx.com/files/Hilltop/1.html >>> >>> They didn't need sharpening. This is a very sharp lens wide open. >>> >>> Jeffery >> >> >> Jeffrey I don't think in digital photography its a thing where some >> lenses >> require sharpening and others do not because they're so sharp to >> begin with. >> Sharpening is pretty much part of the process. >> Though people are saying its not needed with an M8 because of the >> lack of >> anti aliasing pane of glass. No idea of that's true or not. I'm >> guessing >> they'd still need some slight sharpening. >> At the size we're looking at it on the screen you cant really tell. >> It could be resized. >> But it looks real soft to me. >> If the eyelashes are sharp they are too small to see. > > I took a look Jeffery, expecting to be blown away... > > truth to tell Jeffery, the images that I see look quite fine...they > should, they are jpegs that fill about 20% of my screen... > acceptable, no more...not terribly impressive to me in any way, you > really can't tell more...nor should you. > > Not better than a dozen other 50mm lenses shot wide open, by you and > others over the years...my impression is if anything, I've seen > better. > > This lens may be great, these images don't prove it. > > Sorry, personally I can't see it, I always wonder how a new lens > would fare in a blinded taste test. > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information