Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/06
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John - Don't dismiss the ASPH out of hand until you've shot with it. I had
the pre-ASPH, traded up, and have never looked back. The ASPH is one amazing
lens.
B. D.
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John
Brownlow
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 7:51 PM
To: LUG
Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/1.4 Summilux at f1.4
on 6/2/00 5:33 pm, Hans Pahlen at hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se wrote:
>
> Well, all I am really rambling about is: -The non asph Lux is a different
> lens, and glory to those who know how to make use of F/1.4! It is not
easy...
All of the images in the 'Human Traffic' section of my website were shot
with the non-asph 35/1.4, mostly wide open. Certainly all the night shots
were shot 1/30 @ f/1.4. I praise the Leica gods for this miraculous lens,
and wouldn't upgrade to the ASPH if you paid me. It is rarely off my M4-P.
Personally I shoot this lens wide open for preference... given a choice
between 1/30 @ 2.8 and 1/125 @ 1.4 I choose the latter. Partly it something
no-one has yet mentioned: the shallow depth of field allows you to use it
almost as you would a telephoto lens, isolating subjects by differential
focus. A lot of the images in the Human Traffic series rely on exactly this.
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John Brownlow
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