Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IME the nature of the specular highlights in the background has a very strong influence on the nature of the boke. It was disappointment with a shot like this that made me get rid of the Nokton 50mm f1.5. Neither Leica 50mm f1.4 I have seem this bad, nor does my 35mm, f1.4 aspherical, but it is the old one. Looking through the Nokton shots I don't generally like the boke, but the few that are really disappointing have bright specular highlights in the background. FD On 7 Dec, 2010, at 10:11, Marty Deveney wrote: > Hi John, > > Yes, the version IV can do this too if you shoot wide open and with > specular highlights. It's annoying. Some other 35 mm and near to > that lenses can handle these types of scenes better, but none of them > fit a Leica M. > > Thanks and again, they're great, > > Marty > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> Thanks for the appreciation. >> >> Marty, this is not the asph, but the previous one (series IV?). The >> problem >> may be due to the extreme light range (shafts of equatorial sunlight and >> dark shadows beneath the trees) and shooting nearly wide open as Gustavo >> waved his arms around. >> >> John >> >> On 7 December 2010 08:56, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> These are great John. This one: >>> http://www.johnbeeching.com/maloca/album/slides/10-40-14-L1-F1.html >>> and the next shows exactly what I personally don't like about the 35 >>> asph lenses: over rapid transition to out of focus and nasty OOF >>> rendition - but they are still great shots. >>> >>> Thanks for showing,