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Subject: [Leica] Testing the Nokton-M f/1.5 lens
From: zeissler at mac.com (Mitch Zeissler)
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 05:21:12 -0400
References: <CE4A5423.3588D%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

I had both the older Nokton and the 'Lux ASPH at the same time, and it was 
no contest.  The 'Lux delivers the smoothest and creamiest bokeh I've ever 
seen.  Absolutely love the results from that lens.

Mitch Zeissler
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On Sep 2, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> 
wrote:

> 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.
> 
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> 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.
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