Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My experience too, one of the few lenses i did not get on with. With respect to boke though IME the -nature- of the background has a big influence, if there are bright/dark details in the background, such as dappled light through tree leaves it was truly the worst I have seen, with low contrast backgrounds not as bad, but still harsh. Frank On 7 Feb, 2010, at 06:39, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information