[Leica] Narrow DoF on the Leica E-3

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

I guess mine is the latest at 1,1xx,xxx. I think the Aperture 
priority mode works fine with it though @ 1.4. The pictures of the 
dolls were all 1.4 Aperture priority.

At 08:55 PM 3/5/2008, Peter Klein wrote:
>Ah, the plot thickens.  Thanks Don.  Actually, I think f/1.7 is a 
>half stop down from f/2, but point taken.
>
>What complicates matters is that there were three versions of the OM 
>50/1.4:  The oldest singlecoated (and often silvernosed) lenses with 
>yellow coating, the intermediate multicoated version, and the last 
>version with a serial number of 1,050,000 or greater.  Do you know 
>which one "Modern" tested?  I've tried all three.  I got rid of the 
>first version after a couple of rolls. I still have the second and 
>third versions. The third version is much better wide open (less 
>coma, sharper).  I don't recall any exposure difference, I think 
>they both showed little more light between f/2 and f/1.4.
>
>Anyway, the bottom line is that with fast manual OM lenses on 
>E-series cameras, the very widest and narrowest stop may require a 
>custom +/- EV.  And you can't trust your in-camera meter at the 
>extreme stops, either.  I found the 50/1.4 occasionally useful on 
>the E-1, but I usually kept it set at f/2, where it performed nicely 
>indoors.

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