A Ken Rockwell lens and focusing quote

[Chris101]

I'm not as adamant about it as is Oscar. I do think that bokey is as important as is the subject of the photograph. I have taken some very nice photos which have a stick or other object in sharp close focus, with the background nicely boked out. It still doesn't make the picture interesting. On the other hand, I have some really interesting folks doing weird stuff with the background clearly shown. Much better picture.

Of course when you are shooting at f/11 or so, it's important to be aware of the background, rather than just boking it away. So in this respect, I think the bokey look contributes to photographic laziness.

None-the-less, I have my share of fast lenses with good out of focus rendering (as I am a lazy photographer.)

ps, I spell it like I say it.

 

[Brad Maestas]

Is there any 35mm SLR higher viewfinder magnification than a OM-1 at x0.92 with 50mm ?

From mir,
(http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/contax/shared/accessory/screens/index.htm)

"[FONT=arial, helvetica, verdana]Other than the RTS III which can truly claimed to be one of the rare few 35mm SLRs that ever produced with virtually 100% filed of view inside the viewfinder - both the earlier RTS (92%) and RTS II QUARTZ's much improved 97%. However, RTS III will project a slightly smaller image than life size with a 50mm fitted due to its below average 0.74X viewfinder magnifications which aims to provide High-Eyepoint finder for eyeglass wearer (or other reasons such as working under water housing or wearing a protective helmet etc.) to see the entire field of view with data display slightly away from the eyepiece. Both the earlier RTS (RTS and RTS II) has a larger magnification of 0.87X instead and along with the aid of the moderately bright focusing screens Contax produce, which largely contributes to their comfortable viewing."[/FONT]

 

[Nikkor AIS]

The lack of a good focusing screen for Nikkor AIS glass is my one and only complaint for the D3. And I disagree that a plain screen is the best for focusing Telephoto's/Super telephoto's. I really miss the sceens that I have for my F3T that are specifically designed for use with my Nikkor 800 5.6 If ED AIS. One thing that no one had mentioned is that there is considerable cut off at the top of the veiw finder(vignet) on the viewfinder when using Nikkor Super telephoto's on the D3. It's not that my Nikkor 800 is unusable becuase of this, far from it in fact. But it does illustrate one of the limitation of the digital platform that film camera addressed over 20 years ago😛
And I agree that much of the fun is lost when you can't see the bokeh when using lenses like the 58 1.2 Noct and the Nikkor 300 2.0 IF ED AIS in the veiwfinder. The upside is the ability to chimp on the screen right after the image is taken.
IMO even as good as the viewfinder is on the D3 it has a long way to go to approach the F3T especailly when Im using my sports finder.

For those that dont like the word bokeh .

Bokeh, bokeh, bokeh...00😀