Poll: Which Bokeh do you prefer?

[photophorous]

Sorry for the boring shots, but this scene was chosen because of the variety in the background. I wanted to see how the bokeh compared between these two lenses and I'm honestly a little surprised by the results. Not that this poll means anything at all, but I'm curious what you think. Do you have a preference? Can you can guess the lenses?

Both of these were shot wide open at the same aperture, same focal length. One is a Voigtlander lens and the other is not. That's all the clues you get.

Paul

Shot number 1:

Shot number 2:

 

[Tsai]

i cant wait to see the results.

I have my suspicions which one is the voightlander. but it'll be wait and see.

 

[david.elliott]

I think the first one is the voigtlander lens. I dont really like either background much - sorry. But of the two, I prefer the first.

 

[Rob-F]

I don't like either of them either, but I think I prefer #2. The background looks softer & blurrier. Number one has hard-edged circles characteristic of highly corrected lenses, like asphericals.

 

[Krosya]

I dont like either. Some element of first photo's bokeh look better than second, and some are worse. If I had to chose, I'd say I'd prefer first one.

 

[brent1308]

Second one has that swirl I love. Same camera and film? The first one has better color.

 

[wlewisiii]

The first, but barely. If Bokeh were why I was buying a lens I'd get neither of these based on these images.

William

 

[FA Limited]

#1 has the harder voigtlander look of the non-asph noktons

#2 for me

 

[TWoK]

I like the swirl in shot 2. Which lenses were these?

 

[Al Kaplan]

When you have a well composed shot of an engrossing subject nobody notices bokeh. I prefer #1.

 

[BearCatCow]

I think the background is just not conducive to a pleasant bokeh picture. But the first one is less unpleasant.

 

[DougFord]

[FONT=&quot]Depends. If these pix are at the same shutter speed, then # 1 has the most contrast.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]High contrast means [/FONT]voigtlander[FONT=&quot].[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]So, what’s the second one? I think the summicron v4 is amazing at f4, not so much wide open.[/FONT]

 

[photophorous]

Thanks for playing, everyone! I'm glad nobody is taking this too seriously. I'll come back tomorrow and let you know what lenses I used, but I will just add a few things.

These shots were taken with the same film, in the same camera, mounted on a tripod and not moved between lens changes. You can actually see a slight difference in focal length even though they both claim the same focal length. And I realize there is some harsh bokeh in both shots. I chose a difficult background on purpose.

Paul

 

[Al Kaplan]

Yes, lenses are marked with a nominal focal length and very few samples have the exact designed target focal lengh. This is a great example of that.

 

[kitaanat]

The second one remind me the characteristic of Kinoptik & Angenieux lens.
I prefer the 2nd .

 

[leica M2 fan]

I don't like either example, they are both very harsh to my eyes, very distracting.

 

[Makten]

I like both. But I'd choose the first because of the lower vignetting.

 

[maddoc]

Shot # 1 Zeiss Planar 50/2.0
Shot # 2 Heliar Classic 50/2.0

... just a wild guess of course.

 

[dexdog]

I agree with a previous poster- the OOF from the first lens is "less unpleasant".

 

[icebear]

Like a few others I don't like either of the 2 shots, the bokeh is distracting from the in focus subject and not smooth, slight preference towards the second but I didn't vote.