Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] not-a-lux
From: daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Mon Oct 4 06:35:30 2004
References: <20041003174011.GB4347@panix.com> <004e01c4a984$977e71c0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com> <20041004131615.GB13275@panix.com> <Pine.SOL.4.58-L.0410041528530.27711@hedvig.uio.no>

> The Xenotar is not real great, but I can't find the shot right now. I will
> ... (it's nowhere close to this though).

Found it ...

http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/32alt1.html

and

http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/31.html
(she'd kill me ... this is only to illustrate technical aspects of the
Xenotar, ok?)

Daniel


>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>
> > b.d.,
> >
> > yes, the xenotar appears to produce "misty" but not "swirly".
> >
> > -rei
> >
> > On Oct03 16:07, B. D. Colen wrote:
> > > ...
> > > By the way, the depth of field comparison is quite interesting. And of
> > > course we get to see the shallow depth of field with a much less
> > > disturbing bokeh... ;-)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rei Shinozuka
> > > Subject: [Leica] not-a-lux
> > >
> > > as a fan of the noctilux, i've recently come across the schneider
> > > xenotar 150mm/f2.8 and ran it though some of the images i normally take
> > > with the noctilux:
> > >
> > > http://www.shinozuka.org/20040914-xeno/
> > >
> > > to keep everything on-topic,
> > > at the bottom i show the xenotar rig next to the noctilux.  no one 
> > > ought
> > > ever complain about the size and weight of the noctilux.
> > >
> > > -rei
> >
> > --
> > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> > Ridgewood, New Jersey
> >
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In reply to: Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] not-a-lux)
Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] not-a-lux)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] not-a-lux)
Message from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] not-a-lux)