Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Squares and sabotage
From: "Ken Iisaka" <kiisaka@attglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 12:04:30 -0800

> Ken Iisaka wrote:
> ><Snip>
> > A couple of years ago in Japan were photos taken with super-long
(>400mm)
> > lenses wide open (2.8 or 4.0)  The background became lumps of light that
it
> > didn't matter where they were taken.  Still, the all-important
photographers
> > chose exotic locations, and photos were accompanied with captions to
> > describe the location...  he he he
>
> "Mark's wife swimming in a sea of bokeh," 1999
> Mark :-) Rabiner

Pretty much.  When I saw all the photographs on advertisements in subways, I
got really dizzy.

I'd take a portrait taken using a Noctilux anyday over a 300/2.8 anyday.