Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 26 December 2000, "Wilber Jeffcoat" wrote: > > Would you like to tell me why that is. I would think a longer lens would be > less fussy than a shorter one. I think they are both of the same relative > speed. 4 and 4.5 > Cheers Wilber > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Herr" <merlin@flyingemu.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh controversy > > > > On Tue, 26 December 2000, "austin@darkroom.com" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Some lenses exhibit a nice looking blurred background (Bokeh) when > > > > used wide open. > > > > > > > But is that why you choose to use a lens in a particular situation? > > > > > > Absolutely! My 75/1.4 is probably corroded on by now ;-) For the type > of work I bought my M for, I almost always shoot wide open. To me, Leica > and great bokeh are synonomous. > > > > > > > Same here. The 250 Telyt lets me work in more situations than the N**** > 300 ED f/4.5 because the 250 isn't so fussy about backgrounds. > > > > Doug Herr > I doubt I can say *why* but what I've seen in my photos is that the 300 f/4.5 ED Nikkor produces very harsh background areas with a pronounced double-line effect if the background is close enough to the plane of focus that it's not totally obliterated. The 250 Telyt (and the 280 f/4.8 Telyt-V) produce a much smoother background that's much less distracting. Since the vast majority of my photos are closer to eye-candy than to photojournalism the overall look of the photo is as important to me as the content is. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/