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Subject: [Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Dec 8 16:36:08 2008
References: <120920080031.26643.493DBC7700008C7100006813219791336303010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

On Dec 8, 2008, at 5:31 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> Steve,
>
> All I know is the 35 'Lux no longer has the strange glow effects  
> that they have on film.  My guess as to why may be in the way the  
> light strikes the sensor cells/elements versus film.

I'd love to see this...post them and we'll have a look.


Steve


>
>
> Gene
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>> 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,
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:59 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.
>>>>
>>>> not a surprise I feel, but speaking of bokeh...is there any
>>>> technical/logical reason to expect a different/improved look on the
>>>> M8 vs film?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> *            Henning J. Wulff
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