No ... The OOF area looks just like the aperture - imagine a six or eight pointed sheriff's star. Unlike anything I have ever seen. Weird. Strange. When I get my scanner up and running I'll show you what I mean.
Mike Johnston wrote: > > > The question that comes to my mind is this: what's the advantage or > > disadvantage of a greater number of blades, apart from the shape it > > contributes to OOF highlights and the like? Some newer Leica lenses > > have the most odd-shaped aperture opening, looking more like a six or > > eight pointed star rather than a pentagon, octagon, circle, etc. > > I don't like the OOF image on those lenses - they are star shaped. > > Shel, > Lenses with an even number of blades have these "star-shaped" light-points. > The old Nikkor 50/2 I wrote about in the first issue of the newsletter has > six blades and makes points of light into stars. This is why most lenses > have an odd number of aperture blades, so this won't happen. > > -- Mike > > "Ain't photography grand. The more you know the less you know." (Shel > Belinkoff) > > * * * > Find out about Mike Johnston's unique photography newsletter, "The 37th > Frame," at http://www.37thframe.com. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
