Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Stuart, Yes, I had a few PAWs taken with the Nokton last year: http://www.wajsman.com/17.jpg http://www.wajsman.com/20.jpg http://www.wajsman.com/21.jpg But none of them really shows the harsh bokeh that eventually led me to sell the lens. Obviously, I did not exhibit images that I considered inferior. Nathan Stuart Phillips wrote: > Thanks Nathan, I wondered if it was the Nokton. I was interested because of > course it's an interesting alternative to a Summilux or even a Noctilux. > Were any PAWs or images on your site taken with it by any chance? > > Thanks for the info. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:51 AM > Subject: [Leica] Re: 50mm Voigtlander (WAS: Nathan's PAW 47: I got my 21mm > lens!) > > > >>Hi Stuart, >> >>It was the current 50mm Voigtlander Nokton. The images were sharp >>enough, but the bokeh (out-of-focus rendition) was extremely harsh and >>ugly. I know that there is controversy about this concept and do not >>wish to start another long thread about it, but for me bokeh does play a >>part in lens evaluation. So I sold the Nokton and got a Summilux instead. >> >>With a 21mm lens the bokeh is irrelevant, since nothing is really out of >>focus anyway. >> >>Nathan >> >>Stuart Phillips wrote: >> >>>Nathan, >>>Can I ask you which Voigtlander 50mm you owned and why you found it >> > wanting? > >>>Thanks in advance. >> >>-- >>Nathan Wajsman >>Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >> >>e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >>mobile: +41 78 732 1430 >> >>Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >>General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html