Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!)
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:39:34 +0100
References: <3DDFF93C.6080009@webshuttle.ch> <002f01c2933f$f45aa880$6601a8c0@sphillips> <3DE08500.9080203@webshuttle.ch> <009801c293d5$b0ea2fd0$6601a8c0@sphillips>

Hi Stuart,

Yes, I had a few PAWs taken with the Nokton last year:

http://www.wajsman.com/17.jpg
http://www.wajsman.com/20.jpg
http://www.wajsman.com/21.jpg

But none of them really shows the harsh bokeh that eventually led me to 
sell the lens. Obviously, I did not exhibit images that I considered 
inferior.

Nathan


Stuart Phillips wrote:
> 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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
>>
>>--
>>Nathan Wajsman
>>Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
>>
>>e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
>>mobile: +41 78 732 1430
>>
>>Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
>>General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm
>>
>>
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Nathan Wajsman
Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland

e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
mobile: +41 78 732 1430

Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm


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In reply to: Message from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> ([Leica] Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!)
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Message from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> ([Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!))
Message from "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm lens!))