Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] If it ain't "boke" don't fix it
From: Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:51:01 +0000

on 18/3/00 1:30 pm, Mitch Alland at malland@mac.com wrote:

> Looking at the LUG archives, I saw several posts stating that the character of
> the last pre-ASPH 35mm M-lenses was better than the current ASPH versions. The
> writers of these posts seemed to be referring mainly to the character of the
> bokeh. Do you agree that the 35mm Summicron-M has "better character" than the
> new ASPH versions? And, if so, what is the nature of this character?

I actually shot a couple of images specifically to test this. I'll scan them
in and put them up somewhere. The pre-asph bokeh is outstanding, but I have
no comment about the asph yet.
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