Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/08

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Subject: Leica or Nikon? (was: Re: [Leica] Nikon 200mm f/2 vs Leica 180mm f/2)
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: 8 Feb 2002 08:21:32 -0800

On Fri, 08 February 2002, Sam Carleton wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> Doug Herr wrote:
> > 
> > on 2/7/02 7:59 PM, Sam Carleton at scarleton@miltonstreet.com wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > The rest of the images are at:
> > > http://w3.one.net/~carleton/dayinyourlife.html
> > > (Can you tell which images where taken with my Leica and which with the
> > > Nikon?)
> > >
> > 
> > Mark-Water and RunningFromWater look like Nikon photos to me.
> 
> Those are the only two easy ones, they where both taken with my Nikkor
> 180/2.8.  What about the other images?
> 
> Sam
> 
 
The harsh bokeh was the clue I needed.  Bokeh, flare and (sometimes) color quality are the main things that distinguish Leica images from others, at least on the web.
 

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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