Thanks Nick. I'll keep posting until I get kicked off :-) Bob Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx http://www.raflexions.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Nick Wilson <toona@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2008 2:27:53 PM Subject: [HUG ] Re: A Sad Day Bob, you have left the dark slide for the dark side, but good luck with the shifting histograms. Always a generous voice on this forum! I looked up my optics book on 'lens defecation'...apparently the term arises as lens quality goes to s*** when diffraction effects progressively increase with smaller and smaller apertures past the optimum. Nick > All good to know. Thanks! > > > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.raflexions.com > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Q.G. de Bakker <qnu@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2008 1:48:09 PM > Subject: [HUG ] Re: A Sad Day > > Wilko wrote: > > >> So if a design is free of lens faults, the best aperture for > sharpness is > >> the widest one. > > > > Like the Sonnar CF5.6/250 if I am not mistaken. Not sure about the C250 > > Which reminds me that i should add that the best aperture to use for > sharpness also is the widest one when a lens' lens faults are not > reduced by > stopping down. > ;-) > > > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org > <//www.freelists.org/> and logon to your account (the same e-mail > address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe > from there. > > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.