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Subject: [Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Dec 8 10:44:03 2008
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On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Steve, in the context of other lenses and systems, I have seen  
> statements on the Olympus and Canon fora to the effect that some  
> lenses exhibit quite different characteristics depending on the  
> capture medium. Why that would be the case I have no idea, but I  
> have seen enough comments to that effect to consider it valid.


seems bizarre Nathn, wishful thinking on the part of those reporting  
it...


it's hard to think of an earthly reason why, especially with regard to  
bokeh,


Steve





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> On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
>>
>>> At 8:18 AM +0100 12/7/08, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>> My M8 is arriving on Tuesday, and I have my standard lens  
>>>> already, a 35mm Summarit. On the wide end, the 18mm Zeiss is in  
>>>> the hands of John Milich. All well and good. But I also need a  
>>>> fast 50mm lens (doesn't everyone?). When I was using film M's, I  
>>>> tried the 1.5/50mm Nokton. The lens was nice and sharp but the  
>>>> bokeh was so ugly that I sold it and got a Summilux instead. Now  
>>>> I wonder if the out-of-focus rendition is different/better on an  
>>>> M8? From a price-performance point of view this lens cannot be  
>>>> beaten, but I intend to shoot it a lot at f1.5 (otherwise, what's  
>>>> the point of buying a fast lens?) and that implies large areas  
>>>> that are out of focus, which in turn makes bokeh somewhat  
>>>> important.
>>>>
>>>> So if anyone has experience with the M8+Nokton combination, I  
>>>> would love to hear from them.
>>>>
>>>> Nathan
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>
>>>
>>> No better on an M8.
>>
>> not a surprise I feel, but speaking of bokeh...is there any  
>> technical/logical reason to expect a different/improved look on the  
>> M8 vs film?
>>
>>
>> Steve
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Replies: Reply from leica at web-options.com (Bob W) ([Leica] Anybody use the 1.5/50mm Nokton on an M8?)
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