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Re: [OM] How many aperture blades on 50/2 macro?

Subject: Re: [OM] How many aperture blades on 50/2 macro?
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:32:44 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Ian A. Nichols wrote:

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|On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, John A. Prosper wrote:
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|> The more blades you have, the more circular the out of focus (i.e.,
|> bokeh) diaphram "reflections" in the background, which seems to
|> increase the bokeh quality.  The high blade count is more important
|> with teles since they have much less depth of field than wider lenses;
|> so I am not seriously disappointed with the 50/2 blade count.  ;-)
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|So why do some people complain about those cute little doughnuts you get
|with mirror lenses?  Just personal taste, I guess.

Because those "cute" little doughnuts don't look very cute to some
folks (e.g., Yours Truly). ;-)


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