Cheapest 35mm ( ltm or M mount ) with nice bokeh

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Yes, I know, yet another thread about "bokeh"....

I've seen some examples of expensive Leicas, but wanted to know what people think about more reasonably-priced lenses. Basically, I'd like to know some people's thoughts on what ltm or M mount 35mm lens has the best "bokeh for the buck". Nice, creamy out of focus area, as opposed to harsh, choppy lines.

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Maybe a 35/3.5 Summaron in LTM? There was also a 35/2.8 Summaron in M mount

I don't have any bokeh examples, because I tend to use 35mm length at longer distances.
 
I don’t think that the CV 35mm 1.2 counts as a cheap lens. Just because it is cheaper than a leica lens doesn’t make it cheap. Everything is cheap compared to a leica lens because leica lenses are the most expensive lenses you can buy!
 
Roger Hicks said:
Yeah, but arguably, as nothing's really sharp, everything you get is bokeh...
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But what about focus shift?

More to the point - here's why talking about bokeh in a cheap 35mm lens doesn't make sense:

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35mm lens, shot wide open at f/2.8, subject distance maybe 1.5 m. Any comments on the bokeh? OK, thanks guys. So much for the Summaron 3.5 suggestions etc.

Here's another, also at f/2.8:
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So if the original poster wants out-of-focus areas on his wideangl,e he should get ready to spend some money on a fast lens, f/1.4 or faster.

And then there aren't really that many choices in the first place, and even less with the creamy look he wants.
 
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Sebben said:
I don’t think that the CV 35mm 1.2 counts as a cheap lens. Just because it is cheaper than a leica lens doesn’t make it cheap. Everything is cheap compared to a leica lens because leica lenses are the most expensive lenses you can buy!
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Being aspherical, and the fastest RF 35mm ever in any mount, it's not cheap, it's so very cheap, even new!

Cheers,

Juan
 
Juan Valdenebro said:
Being aspherical, and the fastest RF 35mm ever in any mount, it's not cheap, it's so very cheap, even new!

Cheers,

Juan
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Right that’s like saying the M9 is very cheap because it’s the only digital full frame rangefinder.

The only thing that makes an M9 or a 35mm f1.2 cheap is earning a really high salary. But for the majority these items are classed as expensive.
 
OK, I realize that "cheap" is relative. I should have clarified in saying something like: around say 500 USD, give or take a couple hundred ( new or used ), and the less the better...

And yes, I still hesitate to say that that's "cheap", but when talking about lenses, it seems to be.
 
I had thought about the CV lenses. I wanted an Ultron when I bought my Bessa, but they had just recently all been sold out, and a used one was not around ( of course, I saw a couple of them about a month or two after I got the Color Skopar - Murphy's Law kicking in... ). I do think that the bokeh of the CV 35mm 1.2 ( which is a "bargain" in terms of lenses, I'd agree ) is nice, but man, that is a big lens.

What about the Canon ltm 35's?
 
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