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Testing a 110/0.95 lens on Polaroid:
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meven
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venchka
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whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
What's the vote for the best Bokeh outside of the Noct and the 75 Summilux?
spkennedy3000
www.simonkennedy.net
Contax G2 with 90mm f2.8 wide open:
mastaliu
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Krosya
Konicaze
Best? Well, that would probably be personal taste, right? I prefer Sonnar/Ernostar type lenses for thier bokeh. Hense I have Jupiter-9 (see my post from it above) and Hexanon 90/2.8 lenses.
Actually, I think Noct doesnt have the "best" bokeh. It has interesting one, which works for some photos. But same goes for many other lenses - Hexanon 50/1.2, Canon 50/1.2, etc.
philippereyniers
Philippe
Hello,
Where does the "twirl" in some bokeh come from ? Which lens tend to produce it ? (I'm not sure i'm fond of it...)
All the best !
Where does the "twirl" in some bokeh come from ? Which lens tend to produce it ? (I'm not sure i'm fond of it...)
All the best !
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
There are two kinds of "swirly" bokeh. The first one looks like the "radial blur" effect in Photoshop, or like putting your sheet of photographic paper on a turntable below the enlarger. This effect is due to astigmatism. It is very apparent in this picture (taken with a Petzval lens):
Picture linked from Jim Galli's website: Swirly Bokeh
The second type of "swirly" bokeh affects the shape of out of focus highlights: the farther away they are from the frame center, the more elongated in shape they appear. This is also called "cat's eye effect" because the highlights near the border of the frame become shaped like an eye. This "bokeh" is due to optical vignetting (see here and here). It is visible in this picture (taken with a Noctilux):
Picture by Tony Rowlett linked from Luminous Landscape website.
The cat's eye effect is also visible in this picture I took with a Canon 50mm F/0.95 lens:
Cheers!
Abbazz
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Mattikk
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Hello, this is my first post here. I decided to register after reading the forum for a couple of days. Seems to be a very decent forum.
Anyways, here's my input for the perfect bokeh:
Nikon D50 + Nikkor 35/f2 wide-open
Anyways, here's my input for the perfect bokeh:
Nikon D50 + Nikkor 35/f2 wide-open
Krosya
Konicaze
Great first post ! - Welcome. I like your web site as well. Some nice photos there. Keep posting more, dont be shy. 
Mattikk
Well-known
Thank you. I'm very pleased for the warm welcome.
I saw some other finnish poster in this thread, but I lost him... He had some sort of night shot with orange lights up against the sky, from what I recall by quick browsing.
Holla if you're there.
I saw some other finnish poster in this thread, but I lost him... He had some sort of night shot with orange lights up against the sky, from what I recall by quick browsing.
Holla if you're there.
hans voralberg
Veteran
Awesome shot Mattikk, any PP at all? I miss that lens, i regret selling it so much
Mattikk
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Thank you. Yes there's some basic PP. Brightness, contrast, tones, saturation, etc.
