Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A little hard though to get anything out of focus with a 15mm lens on a 24x36 image area. So its hard to call it a bokeh issue. Its just asphs are going to help make it a better lens issue. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 22:40:43 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon forum advice (OT!) > > And the 15 Zeiss was the tipping $ point that was not made by Cosina, > putting > it out of my reach. I do have the 15 VC but virtually never use it. > > I regret not doing a PAW, and admire those doing a PAW or PESO. The > pressure > of doing a PAW made me think photographic thoughts every day. And, > pathologically, digital seem to steal some of the magic. Instead of > scanning > 36 frames, I was editing 720 frames. > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA > > On Jul 9, 2012, at 22:24, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > >> I think the 15mm is the only asph in the ZM range. I suspect that the >> Zeiss >> SLR range will start to get asph lenses as CA is a big issue on the >> D800(E) >> with them. >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> I'm willing to throw Zeiss into that as well. I'm not sure that Zeiss >> uses as >> much asph as Leica, or if they just don't mention it in the lens name. >> >> It is probably a flaw in my standards that I don't care so much about >> corner >> sharpness. If the corner is that important, I should have put it in the >> middle instead of the corner. >> >> Other than my Russian lenses, virtually everything I own is good enough >> for >> me (= better than me). I really don't like anything about zoom lenses and >> rarely use them on my dSLR cameras. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Jeffery L. Smith >> New Orleans, Louisiana >> USA >> >> On Jul 9, 2012, at 21:49, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> Ah, I was talking Leica asph ;-) >>> >>> john >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> The Voigtlander 50/1.5 Nokton was perhaps the first really sharp, >>> afforable, >>> asph lens that people hated for its bokeh. The trend in thinking seemed >>> to >>> be that reducing aberrations with asph elements benefitted everything >>> except >>> bokeh. >>> >>> I think every lens needs to be assessed on its own merit. I don't have >>> any >>> bad Leica lenses, though the old 50/3.5 Elmar performs like a Russian >>> copy. >>> Wait, maybe it is.... >>> >>> The 50/2.5 Hexanon is better. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> Jeffery L. Smith >>> New Orleans, Louisiana >>> USA >>> >>> On Jul 9, 2012, at 20:56, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >>> >>>> I think that is a widely held misconception.... >>>> >>>> john >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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