Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are lens opening beyond f2?!!!! Wow... "f1.4 and be there" At 03:12 PM 10/7/2006, John Collier wrote: >Hi Jim, > >The fourth generation 35/2 is indeed justifiable famous for its boke. >However, it is its wonderfully smooth transitions in the f8 to f4 >range, when focused in the mid-range, that has made its reputation. >While your photo is a fine illustration of the lens's wide open boke, >it is not what the lens is famous for. I must confess that I do not >particularly care for the boke of the lens wide open. I prefer the >close focused, wide open boke of Summilux-Asph. A bit of a mixed bag >of a lens with the boke all over the map depending on aperture and >focus distance. While the fourth gen 35/2 is more consistent through >its range than the Summilux Asph, it tends to fall apart wide-open. >Some claim the last of the production run were better wide open >though that might be the German effect rather than fact. > >All of which is completely immaterial if you are happy with its >results. Boke likes and dislikes are completely subjective (as long >as it isn't the nasty double line stuff -- gack, that makes me ill). > >John Collier > >On 7-Oct-06, at 3:39 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > >>Nothing like the incredible bokeh of a 4th generation Summicron 35 >>with good >>old Kodak film. >> >>Taken at the lunch area of Hershey Park. Many thanks to my patient >>model. >> >>http://tinyurl.com/ogp2s >> >>M2, Summicron 35 at full aperture, 1/60 second, Kodak Gold 200. > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)