Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M8 is arriving on Tuesday, and I have my standard lens already, a 35mm Summarit. On the wide end, the 18mm Zeiss is in the hands of John Milich. All well and good. But I also need a fast 50mm lens (doesn't everyone?). When I was using film M's, I tried the 1.5/50mm Nokton. The lens was nice and sharp but the bokeh was so ugly that I sold it and got a Summilux instead. Now I wonder if the out-of-focus rendition is different/better on an M8? From a price-performance point of view this lens cannot be beaten, but I intend to shoot it a lot at f1.5 (otherwise, what's the point of buying a fast lens?) and that implies large areas that are out of focus, which in turn makes bokeh somewhat important. So if anyone has experience with the M8+Nokton combination, I would love to hear from them. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog