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That of the camera and lens, that is. I believe the (10MP) Leica M8 has a lot of potential for portrait photography, but the 35mm lens may be too short for that purpose. Here, the minimum focus distance of about 70cm has been reached. The image has been cropped too. I need to think about this. Leica M8, Voigtlaender 35/1.4.
Camera: Leica M8
Lens: uncoated Summitar 2/50mm (from 1942)
Aperture: F2.2
You see the swirley bokeh this lens produces under certain circumstances, when shot at around f/2!
Here is a series of pics from tonight's walk down State St. in Santa Barbara, CA
Leica M8
Leica Summarit 50/2.5
M8, 50/1.2 Noctilux, 1/30 @ f/1.2, Black & White mode, JPEG fine, ISO 640. Cropped, duotoned, and slightly sharpened in Photoshop.