RE: [Leica] Nokton v. Summilux M : some real (Human Traffic) examples

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Sorry, Deadone, but I don't buy. Different? Okay. Better? Nah.:-)
B. D.

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Subject: [Leica] Nokton v. Summilux M : some real (Human Traffic)
examples


Not my promised rigorous test, but a new set of images from Human Traffic
all shot with the Summilux-M 50mm.

    http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/humantraffic/portfolio_13/index.html

The sweetness of this lens is (to me) clear in images 4 and 9. The bokeh is
on display in image 5.

And to compare, some (mainly) out-takes from the week before, all taken with
the Nokton. Check out:

    http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/humantraffic/nokton/index.html

As I went through these images I was struck by how sharp and transparent
this lens is, but in the end it was the bokeh (and in particular the
distant-field bokeh) that disappointed. You can see what I'm talking about
in images 3 and 8. In both cases I don't like the way the out-of-focus face
in teh background is rendered.

Of course, the difference is hardly going to leap out at you on a jpeg, but
it'll be interesting to see if anyone agrees/disagrees with my verdict.

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Johnny Deadman

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