Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still use it. Works great on my D700. I think I'll use it tomorrow! The 105 f2.5 When I first got my white backdrop and studio strobe kit it was the only lens I used for a few years. Outdoors (on location) too often with a vivitar then TTL on camera flash. And with either Panatomic X rated at ASA 50 or Kodachrome 64. So many iconic images have been made with this lens it really does have a bit of a distinctive "look" and bunch bokeh might be part of it. But it took many many decades of shooting before the word was coined. And people realized it was a consideration worth considering. I'm glad that small group of Japanese photographers using Leica R glass expanded our conceptions of how we make images. Though it seems to be the center not edge of any photographic lens discussion. Mark William Rabiner > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:03:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9 > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> >> A few of the classic nikon optics from the 70's and before had six blades >> the 105 2.5 and the 80 f2 and not the best bokeh. Nobody cared. >> > > The 105/2.5 was and still is prized for the way it draws a picture. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information