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Subject: [Leica] Nikon forum advice (OT!)
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:16:49 +0000
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Indeed, I mix spherical and asph of the same focal length for different 
looks. My "core" set are all asph but many of my favoured shots were with 
spherical....

john
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I've come to a place where i accept that each lens design and/or sensor 
design makes compromises and trade offs. Learning which tools to use to 
achieve which effects has always been a large part of any craft. 
Transitioning from film through the quickly changing world of sensors with 
aspherical design elements involves a learning curve - for both the hardware 
and post processing software - very similar to the learning curves involved 
in getting to know films, developers, papers, enlarger lenses, early or 
modern lens coatings or even uncoated lenses. Sometimes it's frustrating - 
just as it often was In the "good" old days.

I've had and still have enough old glass with glow and bokeh to die for. My 
three M asph lenses (28 cron, 35 lux, 50 lux) beat the old charmers under 
most, but not all, conditions; at least in the look I'm after. The only 
exception is the 75 lux. When all goes right with that one - it's like the 
best of all worlds.

a note off the iPad, George

On Jul 9, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:

> By the way, George, you had some incredibly creamy-bokeh shots posted the 
> other day, and one of them was with an aspherical Leica lens(!). It blew 
> away my bias that aspherical = bad bokeh.
>
> I finally packed up my M8 and sent it back to NJ To get it working again.


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