Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] bokeh test 18mm f3.8 (Image)
From: leehermann at mac.com (Lee Hermann)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:57:46 -0600
 
Hello LUG,

Douglas Nygren asked about the bokeh of the 18mm f3.8 lens.  I do not  
believe myself a bokeh expert, but I thought to myself, what does the  
out of focus area look like?  The first image is taken of a flowerpot   
with my studio in the background, I focused as close as the ice would  
allow and used f3.8.  Winter came suddenly and viciously, one day the  
flowers were happily blooming and the next frozen and covered with  
snow.  Examine at high magnification.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/recent/20091013-L1062741.jpg.html

It is a pretty ugly photo, but you are interested in "out of focus",  
right?  The second photo was also shot with the 18mm and used the M8  
also.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/recent/20090917-L1062589.jpg.html

Comments welcome.  I think the lens is pretty damn good!

Lee
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