Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens challenge
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:56:47 -0400
References: <3.0.6.32.20000822214146.0090f820@pop.microtec.net>

I think I did post a note concerning resoloution, but in any case they were
shot at f5.6.  Surely they don't look like they were shot wide open, do they?

Oh, and while I am here, I will post the answer on Monday Aug 28.

Dan C.

At 02:22 AM 23-08-00 -0400, John Brownlow wrote:
>on 22/8/00 9:41 pm, Dan Cardish at dcardish@microtec.net wrote:
>
>> OK, as promissed, here are four images taken with (in no particluar order):
>> 
>> Nikor 50/1.4 AI mounted on Nikon F2
>> Minolta 50/1.4 mounted on Minolta 9xi
>> DR Summicron 50/2 mounted on Leica M6
>> Summilux 50/1.4 mounted on Leica M6
>
>Hi Dan
>
>You don't say what aperture they were taken with but assuming they were all
>at the max, then A is the Summilux I think. The bokeh looks like the
>familiar ni-sen (two line) effect, clearest in the highlights of the out of
>focus leaves. The others I can't tell because I don't know the lenses. If
>the pix are at anything but wide open then all bets are off at this
>resolution.
>-- 
>Johnny Deadman
>
>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
>
>
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