Fast Glass with Class. (show me yours)

[Keith]

We have a thread dedicated to bokeh in the optics sub forum which is supposedly dedicated more to technical discussions than actual images ... started by Roland in 2007. I thought it was time for a refresh!

I got the Sony A7ii I bought very recently mainly so I could put my treasured OM Zuiko 50mm f1.2 on it with a thirty dollar adapter to admire the crazy bokeh it produces ... and it didn't disappoint me! 🙂

 

[Keith]

 

[Freakscene]

That out of focus really is crazy. The photos are lovely.

 

[Austintatious]

It can be great fun making these type of images with the A7II and various lenses. Here is one with the Helios 44-3.

Spring swirls by Carlos Yashinon, on Flickr

 

[Dogman]

I'm not sure about the "class" part since this is comparatively a low-priced lens. It's the 7Artisans 35/0.95 in Fuji mount. I bought it a few years back and I honestly haven't found much use for it but I like the way things look in this shroud of bokeh...uh, maybe just general unsharpness.






The hard part is getting anything at all in focus....





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[former member]

Canon 50mm F0.95, with Canon 7 Breechlock adapter on the Nikon Z5. First lens I used with it.



It's sharper on Digital than it was as I remembered it on film. "Brain Fart"- the Depth of Field of the formed image is less than the thickness of color film. SO- this lens is better on digital. Best $200 lens I've bought.

 

[valdas]

Super Multi Coated Takumar (50/1.4) on film (HP5).

 

[valdas]

Contax Planar 85/1.4 on film (ORWO N75):

 

[valdas]

Nokton 35/1.4 on film:

 

[valdas]

Olympus OM 50/1.2 on film

 

[former member]

Mitakon 90/1.5 M-Mount, on the Z5.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

A7ii Nikkor 50 1.2 on a tripod using remote release:

My resizing didn't help it any, IMO.
Stopped down to the first detent after 1.2, which is unmarked by I assume is 1.4, not sure:

There's a reason this lens sits mostly unused on my shelf.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Same frog and camera with Micro-Nikkor 55 2.8:

 

[nikon_sam]

Nikkor 85mm 1.4D @ 1.4

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Frog again only this time with a Nikkor 5CM 1.4 LTM

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

How about some dreamy thorium goodness from a Nikkor 35 1.4:

I hope I don't glow in the dark from using it.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

With a Leica Summilux 50 1.4:

Thanks for letting me play this afternoon. Some of these lenses haven't seen the light of day for way too long.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Almost forgot another fav of mine, the Minolta 58 1.4.

OK, that's it. I'm outa fast glass as everything else is slower.