Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/07

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Subject: [Leica] PAW Film and Bokeh
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sat Oct 7 15:27:00 2006
References: <007e01c6ea59$0857d280$62caa8c0@shulman> <025AD24A-8D7D-49FB-83F2-223B156BD130@shaw.ca>

There are lens opening beyond f2?!!!! Wow...

"f1.4 and be there"

At 03:12 PM 10/7/2006, John Collier wrote:

>Hi Jim,
>
>The fourth generation 35/2 is indeed justifiable famous for its boke.
>However, it is its wonderfully smooth transitions in the f8 to f4
>range, when focused in the mid-range, that has made its reputation.
>While your photo is a fine illustration of the lens's wide open boke,
>it is not what the lens is famous for. I must confess that I do not
>particularly care for the boke of the lens wide open. I prefer the
>close focused, wide open boke of Summilux-Asph. A bit of a mixed bag
>of a lens with the boke all over the map depending on aperture and
>focus distance. While the fourth gen 35/2 is more consistent through
>its range than the Summilux Asph, it tends to fall apart wide-open.
>Some claim the last of the production run were better wide open
>though that might be the German effect rather than fact.
>
>All of which is completely immaterial if you are happy with its
>results. Boke likes and dislikes are completely subjective (as long
>as it isn't the nasty double line stuff -- gack, that makes me ill).
>
>John Collier
>
>On 7-Oct-06, at 3:39 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
>
>>Nothing like the incredible bokeh of a 4th generation Summicron 35
>>with good
>>old Kodak film.
>>
>>Taken at the lunch area of Hershey Park.  Many thanks to my patient
>>model.
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/ogp2s
>>
>>M2, Summicron 35 at full aperture, 1/60 second, Kodak Gold 200.
>
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In reply to: Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] PAW Film and Bokeh)
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] PAW Film and Bokeh)