Re: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!)

["Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>]

Thanks Nathan, I wondered if it was the Nokton. I was interested because of
course it's an interesting alternative to a Summilux or even a Noctilux.
Were any PAWs or images on your site taken with it by any chance?

Thanks for the info.
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:51 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm
lens!)


> Hi Stuart,
>
> It was the current 50mm Voigtlander Nokton. The images were sharp
> enough, but the bokeh (out-of-focus rendition) was extremely harsh and
> ugly. I know that there is controversy about this concept and do not
> wish to start another long thread about it, but for me bokeh does play a
> part in lens evaluation. So I sold the Nokton and got a Summilux instead.
>
> With a 21mm lens the bokeh is irrelevant, since nothing is really out of
> focus anyway.
>
> Nathan
>
> Stuart Phillips wrote:
> > Nathan,
> > Can I ask you which Voigtlander 50mm you owned and why you found it
wanting?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
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