Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I sold my Voigtlande 50mm f1.5 because of its poor boke, which is a big no-no in a fast lens IMHO since it will often be in eveidence. Whilst a touch sharper in the edges than the -old- non asph Summilux it was less sharp in the center and the Summilux is a boke-master. The old Summilux gave me much better results than the Voigtlander in actual photography... >________________________________ > From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Monday, 2 September 2013, 19:42 >Subject: Re: [Leica] Testing the Nokton-M f/1.5 lens > > >A more interesting test would be to compare the Nokton to the 50mm >Summilux ASPH. They're about the same speed, and the Nokton also has ASPH >elements. I had a 50/1.5 Nokton a few years ago and regret selling it, it >was a very good lens. > >-- >Chris Crawford >Fine Art Photography >Fort Wayne, Indiana >260-437-8990 > >http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com? My portfolio > >http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >Become a fan on Facebook > > > >On 9/2/13 2:40 PM, "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > >>Totally non-scientific comparison between the new Voigtlander Nokton-M >>1:1.5/50 mm ASPH. and the APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH. >> >>My analysis: for anything f/2 and smaller, I'll go for the 50 AA. >>Contrast, microcontrast and sharpness is noticeably better in the raw >>files (not as much on web jpgs). >> >>But for the price, the CV at f/1.5 is very, very good. >>I figure I'll mostly use it on the X-E1 as a 75mm equivalent portrait >>lens. >> >>http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/cv_test/ >> >>Comments and questions are welcomed. >>-- >>Jay, >> >>Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> >>"A photographer is simply someone who is >>looking for something that can't be found. >>The photograph is the record of that attempt." >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >