[Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

> 
> > Steve, in the context of other lenses and systems, I have seen  
> > statements on the Olympus and Canon fora to the effect that some  
> > lenses exhibit quite different characteristics depending on the  
> > capture medium. Why that would be the case I have no idea, but I  
> > have seen enough comments to that effect to consider it valid.
> 
> 
> seems bizarre Nathn, wishful thinking on the part of those reporting  
> it...
> 
> 
> it's hard to think of an earthly reason why, especially with 
> regard to  
> bokeh,
> 
> 

I should think there are plenty of reasons why. My experience of some of the
Zeiss lenses on film and digital supports this. Although I never
particularly compared bokeh, the amount of colour-fringing I experience when
using some of the lenses on my Oly E-1 suggests that there are things going
on when the light hits the sensor that the lens was not designed to deal
with. 

It may be different for Leica lenses on a Leica sensor, because the Leica
sensor was designed with those lenses and lens characteristics in mind. But
in general one should expect film and sensor to behave differently, at least
at this early stage in the development of sensors, for well-documented
reasons.

Bob