Re: Do you prefer softer lenses on Digital M bodies?
I have an M 35/2 Cron ASPH and an M 40/2 Cron-C (non-ASPH) for the reasons you describe.
Basically it boils down to whether you want an ASPH, highly corrected for SA ... or a non-ASPH, undercorrected for SA.
Some of the new lenses are coming out with some non-ASPH designs that are a "bump" better than their vintage non-ASPH counterparts.
Finding that place that you like for your temperament of ASPH vs. non-ASPH ... SA levels of correction is a spectrum of creative preference.
Making a "soft-razor" is a bit of a trick. Somewhere between a cheese spreader / butter knife and a scalpel is a good steak knife or a great pocket knife. Lens designs run the gamut, just as much as the gamut of steel hardness compositions does.
Voigt's newer "Vintage" glass and Thypoch are a couple that come to mind as trying "split the diff" in a way that kinda fits the "soft-razor" ethos.
Some folks want "one" that "does it all". And others want "multiples" that reach the extremes on both ends.
First things first ... you gotta know what YOU want to achieve. Are you looking for a general purpose lens, or one that maximizes the mono sensor.
And to the point of "maximizing" the mono sensor ... are you looking for the way it can render high contrast ... or the way it can render smooth tonality?
Short answer you gotta know what you want, which is in line with ... You gotta ask the right question, to get the right answer.
That said, I think the omission of the BFA in the monochrome cameras provides for (as we know) less noise so we can "push" the files a bit more than with color files. Also, the lack of the BFA provides for increased acutance, since there is "less loss".
For the inherent attributes that a monochrome camera provides ... I think the need for the scalpel of MTF is less significant. Also, the aberrations (CA) are less problematic. But, here again ... it kinda depends on what your preferred goals are for your rendering style preferences.
At the end of the day, the choices available for rendering style are as varied as ice cream flavors at Baskin Robbins.
Re: Do you prefer softer lenses on Digital M bodies?
I have an M 35/2 Cron ASPH and an M 40/2 Cron-C (non-ASPH) for the reasons you describe.
Basically it boils down to whether you want an ASPH, highly corrected for SA ... or a non-ASPH, undercorrected for SA.
Some of the new lenses are coming out with some non-ASPH designs that are a "bump" better than their vintage non-ASPH counterparts.
Finding that place that you like for your temperament of ASPH vs. non-ASPH ... SA levels of correction is a spectrum of creative preference.
Making a "soft-razor" is a bit of a trick. Somewhere between a cheese spreader / butter knife and a scalpel is a good steak knife or a great pocket knife. Lens designs run the gamut, just as much as the gamut of steel hardness compositions does.
Some folks want "one" that "does it all". And others want "multiples" that reach the extremes on both ends.
First things first ... you gotta know what YOU want to achieve. Are you looking for a general purpose lens, or one that maximizes the mono sensor.
And to the point of "maximizing" the mono sensor ... are you looking for the way it can render high contrast ... or the way it can render smooth tonality?
Short answer you gotta know what you want, which is in line with ... You gotta ask the right question, to get the right answer.
That said, I think the omission of the BFA in the monochrome cameras provides for (as we know) less noise so we can "push" the files a bit more than with color files. Also, the lack of the BFA provides for increased acutance, since there is "less loss".
For the inherent attributes that a monochrome camera provides ... I think the need for the scalpel of MTF is less significant. Also, the aberrations (CA) are less problematic. But, here again ... it kinda depends on what your preferred goals are for your rendering style preferences.
At the end of the day, the choices available for rendering style are as varied as ice cream flavors at Baskin Robbins.
Jan 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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