The ultimate Bokeh thread; pics please

[RayPA]

is this real bokeh? it almost looks like PS blur tool. so soft!!

Since my rangefinder lenses aren’t very good with bokeh, here are couple
with my all time favorite Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm F2.8 on a Kiev 60.

 

[ampguy]

Please mention if you are using filters. Not sure if it has much effect, but I'm seeing stuff here that I don't think should be seen with "proper" lens usage...

 

[xayraa33]

Canon 50mm f1.5 lens used here.

 

[maddoc]

M3 / Summilux 50mm pre-ASPH (@ f/1.4) Tri-X:

 

[sienarot]

pentax *ist d and helios-40 85/1.5

Heh heh heh, I was wondering whtn the Helios 85/1.5 would make an appearance in this thread 😀

 

[Epimetheus]

is this real bokeh? it almost looks like PS blur tool. so soft!!

It's real. Only slight curves adjustement made in PS. It's a great lens.

 

[Nemo]

M8 + Noctilux:

 

[venchka]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Roland, I don't get it. I've used the same lens and the same film. I get Pooh-Pooh and you get caviar. Not fair!

 

[owenreading]

A few photos from recent scannings that display some nice bokeh, all from a Canonet G-III QL17, most likely @ f/1.7 or very close.

At the fireworks, HP5@800

Magdalen College playing fields, Oxford, HP5@800

Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, Jessops Pan 100 (which I believe is Ilford made).

 

[Mackinaw]

Mamiya C220 w/Mamiya 135mm F4.5. TMax 400 in Xtol.

 

[foto_fool]

Nikkor 50/1.4 @ f2.0 on Leica IIIf, APX 400 in Ilfotec DD-X

Bokeh is better without highlights.

- John

 

[SteveM(PA)]

The Zuiko "common as rocks" 50 1.8, nasty drugstore film and scanning...

 

[splitimageview]

Thanks Erik...wish I could say I took them. 🙂

Really like what that Canon 0.95 can do...

Those Kodachrome shots are really nice Robert.

 

[peterm1]

This is rather odd bokeh. A boring shot (a bus shelter - spare me!) but it was only taken to test the sharpness of a 40 year old 300 mm Takumar. Sharpness is OK and no chromatic aberation but rather odd, slightly harsh, bokeh.

 

[Peter in Cairns Qld]

Good or bad, here it comes:

Great Photo!, Just love the translucent, "radioactive" colours against the Bokeh.\Kind regards
Peter

 

[Marc-A.]

M8 + Noctilux:

That's a killing bokeh 😀 Seriously it's fantastic.

 

[raid]

I also agree with Marc and Gabriel on the impact. This is a great bokeh photo.

 

[StuartR]

I love the combination of sharp and soft that you can get with the bokeh of larger formats. This is the 110/2 planar...I love the look of it:

Or the 35/1.4 ASPH which is superb...

(that last photo is a joke by the way...he was trying to look...well...challenged.
The 75 lux which is probably the best of all, along with the 110...

And your regular 80mm planar:

 

[StuartR]

homemade camera and fujinon-tv 110/0.95

I don't want to quote all your images, but I just want to say that I think your photography is fantastic. Both here and on flickr...

 

[venchka]

Voigtlander Color-Heliar 75mm/2.5

Voigtlander Color-Heliar 75mm/2.5

1:2.5, Kodachrome 64