The Bokeh King

[ferider]

Is the Summarit really a Sonnar design? Cameraquest and others list it as a Xenon design. Sorry, but I don't know enough to know whether that answers the question or not. Anyone else know?

-Randy

It's not a Sonnar, Randy. And I would hope you see a difference between
Jaap's shots (eliptic OOF circles that make the OOF look like large rings around the focal area) and your Canon 50/1.5 photos.

Best from snowy Vermont,

Roland.

 

[kross]

hi,

pardon me but if u're looking for the 'King of Bokeh', it can be found with the legendary Minolta 135mm STF lens (now Sony ) on a 35mm SLR.....
it uses a double aperture blades for a Smooth Transition Focus(STF) resulting in 'non head spinning' or pleasing bokeh...

now.... is there a similar lens in the world of rangefinders?

cheers....

P.S. i'm new to rangefinder....still looking for a RF kit to kick start....

 

[ampguy]

Last Nov. I took some some indoor photos (on my blog) with the Summarit @ 1.5 on an RD1, the bokeh is not as swirly as jaapv's first photo, so I wonder if there are different versions out there?

I think it's a great portrait lens, nice and sharp too (but you have to focus it ...)

 

[BJ Bignell]

I love that type of swirly bokeh. I wish I had a lens that did the same...

 

[jaapv]

Last Nov. I took some some indoor photos (on my blog) with the Summarit @ 1.5 on an RD1, the bokeh is not as swirly as jaapv's first photo, so I wonder if there are different versions out there?

I think it's a great portrait lens, nice and sharp too (but you have to focus it ...)

I have a LTM version. But the RD1 is 1.5 sensor and the M8 a 1.3, so there have been considerably more aberrations cropped out on the Epson. One would expect a "more tame"bokeh there.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

Exactly, Magus. Irony truly is dead.

Among Yoda lovers not.

 

[ampguy]

possible, but

possible, but

Even when I used it on an M4P, and other film M bodies, I never got swirlies like yours (which I think look cool). Could be I was just never at the same distances, lighting, focus as your shot though.

I have a LTM version. But the RD1 is 1.5 sensor and the M8 a 1.3, so there have been considerably more aberrations cropped out on the Epson. One would expect a "more tame"bokeh there.

 

[MartinP]

". . . Irony ? That's like woody or brassy - 'cept made out of iron. . . "

(Obligatory Baldrick/Blackadder joke, sorry ;o)

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Among Yoda lovers not.

The truth you speak

 

[trittium]

These are some of my photos with the summarit purposely shot out of focus. The bokeh is completely different. These were shot at f1.5