Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] Who needs an M8 when you have Neopan?
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Thu Sep 14 19:25:31 2006
References: <6.1.0.6.2.20060914184438.059f3cc0@192.168.100.42> <82c9dd70609141905x2dba36d1h4d15f9de8eedf4f3@mail.gmail.com>

That's exactly the phrase I was looking for!!! It's bad bokeh, but in a 
pleasant kind of way :-)

Thanks!

At 07:05 PM 9/14/2006, you wrote:

>pleasantly disturbing bokeh.
>nice images.
>
>Eric
>
>
>On 9/14/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
>>
>>Last time I posted pictures from a 70+ years lens (Summar), people thought
>>the contrast is a bit low. Well, I think this 50+ Nikkor 50/1.4SC fares
>>better in that aspect. I shot a whole roll with most of the shots @1.4,
>>and
>>even after 50 years, it's quite decent. Ergonomically speaking, it sucks,
>>as the focus is a bit stiff on my and there are gunky thing on the front
>>ring (I also found that you can unscrew the front lens assembly out, neat
>>-
>>I think). I suppose it may need a CLA.
>>
>>Enjoy?
>>http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/091406/
>>
>>So what do you think about the bokeh or the glow :-)?

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com) 


Replies: Reply from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] Who needs an M8 when you have Neopan?)
In reply to: Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] Who needs an M8 when you have Neopan?)
Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] Who needs an M8 when you have Neopan?)