Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:30 PM 11/27/99 +0000, D Khong wrote: >Friends > >I am thinking of purchasing this lens at a rather decent price. I would >like to know how's the performance of this lens used WIDE open at f1.4. Any >quirks or weaknesses that one should know about? > >Question for the users - What do you use this lens to shoot most of the time? > >TIA. > >Dan K. Dan, I own and use a 75/1.4. It is my favorite M lens. Two things you should know. When focused close, to the stop, 1.) it has the narrowest DOF band of any M lens (narrower than the f/1.0 Noct.) and 2.) at its closest focus stop, it provides the largest image size on the film of any M lens. Bokeh city! Jim