[Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?)

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Always entertaining, Kyle. I must be doing it all wrong so very often.

And the ultimate heresy, Dr T in colour and at f/5.6. Forgive me.
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/144872730


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman

On 23 October 2014 07:00, kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> In reading lens reviews I'll often see something like "this portrait lens
> really starts to shine at f5.6" and I think "f5.6? who in their right mind
> would ever stop down to f5.6 with a portrait lens? Open it up all the way
> and solder down the aperture ring." But then occasionally I think "eek, my
> DOF is a little narrow there" and I resign myself to the possibility that,
> occasionally, f4 is warranted if you want to get both the lion and the
> gazelle in focus.
>
> Not that I'll likely ever do it, but I'll accept it may be true.
>
> Here's a high res portrait that may or may not be sharp enough.
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/stars-flower-high-res.jpg
>
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