Re: [Leica] my first noctilux images

["Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>]

None of the post-processing you describe would selectively affect focus in only
parts of the image; either the whole thing would be blurry, or the whole thing
would be sharp.

I think you are just looking at artifacts of the very shallow depth of focus at
extremely large apertures.  It makes things look surreal, like you deliberately
played around to isolate the subject, or as if you are taking a picture of a
miniature model.

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From: <shino@ubspainewebber.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 17:14
Subject: Re: [Leica] my first noctilux images


> thanks for the kind words.
>
> i think part of the problem was my scaling of the original scan to
> the 550x440 jpgs.    i scaled and slightly
> sharpened the images with GIMP and
> uploaded them again.  they're a little better, but, as i said, they
> are definitely slightly misfocused because of the m6.
>
> they were both taken at f1, an slightly cropped to 8x10 aspect
> ratio, so the vignetting was partially cropped out.
>
> -rei
>
>
> > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
>
> >
> > Nice images although the focus seems to be a bit off, the images seem soft
> > (could be the scanner?).  I guess you were at around f2.8 or smaller
> > aperture from the missing vignetting in the corners which always appears at
> > f/1 in bright images.  It is a great lens though and it would be good to see
> > some really low light images.  Of course, eating carrots and seeing in the
> > dark helps, especially when it is dark enough to be at f/1, 1/15sec with
> > 1600 speed film loaded.
> >
> > Nice to see some Noctilux images posted - keep using the lens!
> >
> > Simon