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Subject: [Leica] (tech) Lens comparisons - 50mm Summilux - has photos
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:39:14 +1200
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Well yes ;-) I was quite surprised at how similar they look though.

john

-----Original Message-----

Bokeh, Schbokeh, 50/1.4 ASPH all the way :-)

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:02 PM, John McMaster
<john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote:

> 24 hours and no replies, I guess nobody saw much difference in bokeh?
There
> were some where, side by side, the pre-asph was preferable but others
where
> that was reversed...
>
> john
>
> ----Original Message-----
>
> If anyone has, even temporarily, the ASPH and non-ASPH versions of the
same
> lens, I'd love to be able to compare identical shots taken with the two.
>
> Herb
>
> _____________________________________
>
> I (unusually for me) carried a second lens today and tried for some things
> to compare:
>
> 1) 2001 E46 50mm Summilux pre-asph, 6-bit and tweaked in Solms this year
>
> 2) 2010 50mm Summilux asph FLE, 6-bit
>
> Shots at f1.4 or f4.0-f5.6 and lenses are mixed up between A and B.
> All handheld so not exactly same framing, sun was slightly variable but
> lens
> were kept on same aperture.
>
> http://johnmcmaster.com/lens/50lux
>
> Open in new window (1200 pixels) to compare side by side and let me know
> what you think.....
>
> john
>
>




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