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Subject: [Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon Dec 8 06:24:02 2008
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It is my sense that I can hand-hold  at slower shutter speeds with the M8
than my  M6, but I may be less cautious than I once was. ;-)

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Thanks Mehrdad, but I want 1.4
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:45 AM, mehrdad wrote:
>
>  do take a look@ the ziess planer 50/2.0 prices on ebay are real good,
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks to Henning, Jim and Gene for the feedback. It appears that the
>>> things I disliked about the Nokton on film will also affect it on the M8
>>> sensor, so I will pass on it and hunt for a second-hand Summilux instead.
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 8:59 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
>>>
>>> At 8:18 AM +0100 12/7/08, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No better on an M8.
>>>>
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Sonny
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In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?)
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