Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect that when Henning says "harsh" below, he means ugly bokeh. That was my experience: the images were sharp enough, but the bokeh was ugly and unpleasant, for me a major consideration on a lens which will be used wide open much of the time. Other than that, it is a very good performer, for sure. 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 Feb 7, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 8:47 PM -0500 2/6/10, Jan Decher wrote: >> Has anyone used the CV 1.5/50mm Nokton on SM (or any) Leica? Is this a >> decent lens (worth $400?) >> Jan >> > > It's nice and it's sharp. Unfortunately, while it is probably sharper than > a pre-asph Summilux, it's quite harsh and in a couple of years of owning > one I found that in the end, I didn't like most of the shots. Finally, > after a bump all the aperture blades fell into a little pile in the > middle. I had it repaired and sold it with no regrets. > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >