That 3D look

[ferider]

is there a 'recognized' lens or formula that consistently produces a 3d affect?

Not the lens, Joe, unless it's a lemon.

 

[Corto]

Yep, Usually its just the light.

 

[Marel]

I think I'm right in saying these two exhibit the 3d effect:

Both Leica M6 with the Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 SC.

 

[redisburning]

JHP's b&w with the 35/1.4 and chris' louvre have the most for me.

 

[raid]

The CZJ 5cm 1.5 with Kodak 100UC. Some people said that they saw a 3D effect here.

Maybe this one too (same lens)?

How about this image (Canon 19mm)?

 

[Keith]

Medium format does it consistantly ... particularly the 105mm f2.4 on my Pentax 67.

 

[raid]

CZJ 180mm lens on Mamiya 645E:

 

[Ezzie]

MF does help


Stump by Eirik0304, on Flickr

 

[EliasK]

rflx_AD100_UfP_2-10-2011_011 by Elias__K, on Flickr

 

[kchan]

From a old workshop

From a old workshop

Canon 20D, Sigma 30mm, a recent exposure 4.0 conversion

 

[julescasablancas]

Summilux 50mm pre asph

 

[kennylovrin]

I find this quite interesting, this "3d pop" thing seems to be very subjective. To me it isn't very much about bokeh in itself. I saw some pretty extreme examples from the 35 f/1.4 distagon on Flickr a while back (i think it was). It looks to me as it happens mainly with Zeiss lenses, and that bigger format helps. I think that might be because because bigger format == shorter DOF at longer distances.

The two shots below, in my opinion, really shows that effect.

img152 by chrishayton, on Flickr


Louve by chrishayton, on Flickr

Both with the most '3d' effect camera and lens I have come across, Pentax 67 and 105 2.4

 

[paradoxbox]

i think the thing that might give a good 3d effect is a lens that blurs the background to around the same degree that the human eye does.

unlike a super telephoto lens that completely blurs everything behind the focus plane a good "3d lens" leaves things behind the focus plane relatively recognizable but blurred enough to see it's definitely not in focus.

 

[acroolite]

 

[setyotomo]

MF really helps
Fuji GL690 100/3.5 wide open. Portra 400

Her first bike. by Dion Setyotomo, on Flickr

 

[gogovisono]

MF really does help.


Lines Chairs Shoes and a Flower by gogovisono, on Flickr

 

[acroolite]

I think MF do make a difference.....

 

[Strangeluv]

Rolleiflex SL66 with Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8

 

[Jack Conrad]

I picked up an old Helios 44M a week or two back, and while I already had another 44M-4 which I found to be unremarkable, this one definitely has a distinctive crisp focus delineation or whatever it is that adds a 3D sparkle. Weird though, it also has bad edge blur that makes it almost a trick lens.
An annoying and persistent problem I have showing it is it gets lost in the file upload somehow. The images lose contrast and sharpness.

 

[lam]

Even Cron-R's can play.


80's stars. by lamlux.net, on Flickr