Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] Bokeh and Lenses
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:19:57 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1A5+24x1u=9FUMy6Gc5qtkJKFTOW6M11gCZPR64M=KcJA@mail.gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9010E8C7BC2@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

He still has some comments up:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/10/a-new-king-of-bokeh.html

Interesting.

Tina


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:48 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> I think he has pulled the site (as part of an overhaul) where he said that
> the 'king of bokeh' was wrong, he was shooting at mid-distance at f5.6
> where most lenses look the same....
>
> http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m-lenses/259832-king-bokeh-killed-its-father.html
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
> PESO:
>
> Mike Johnston (The Online Photographer) has written quite a bit about
> bokeh.  He has a pdf in which he rates many lenses for their bokeh.
>
> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/files/bokehrankings5.pdf
>
> He also comments that bokeh gets more problematic:
>
> the larger the aperture
> the closer the focus
> the more distant the background
> the more contrasty the background
>
> No wonder I had problems.  My 3 photos included all of the problematic
> possibilities!
>
> Guess I'll try again.   The Summicron does get a 10 in the lens ratings.
>
> Tina
>
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In reply to: Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Bokeh and Lenses)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Bokeh and Lenses)