Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29
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John Brownlow wrote:
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> In the end I don't think either lens is 'better' than the other, they're
> just very, very different... odd really, for two nominally identically
> optics. I know BD is a big fan of this lens, and I wouldn't argue with him
> for a moment... we just judge lenses by different criteria I think. I
> personally tend to use the 50/1.4 wide open most of the time, with a tiny
> part of the image in focus and most of the image out-of-focus. Consequently,
> the way that blur looks ('bokeh') matters a lot to me. YMMV.
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> JB
John
Do you have any experience with the canon 1.4. (the black version
~1956-58). Could you, or anyone, comment on the canon and compare to the
nokton and lux.
Dave Stratton