The ultimate Bokeh thread; pics please

[goamules]

1920s Dallmeyer Petzval

 

[KEH]

Wild bokeh... Fuji X-T1 / metabones speedbooster / Nikon AIS 50/1.2

Kirk

 

[Bingley]

Kitty bokeh...50 Summicron III (thank you, Helen!):


Kitty bokeh by bingley0522, on Flickr

 

[LazyHammock]

1952 Zeiss Opton 50/1.5 Sonnar @f1.5

 

[Brian Legge]

Rolleiflex 3.5 Planar

 

[cmc850]

All this bokeh talk makes me crazy - I have been involved in professional photography and lab work since the 70s, and back then nobody even knew what bokeh meant (do we now?) - lens reviews seldom talked about the relative smoothness or appearance of out-of-focus highlights, and few obsessed over them. Do non-photographers interpret the images we are describing as having "bad" bokeh as somehow less than ones that are good? While I love a smooth creamy background, there's a place for everything. The agreed upon good images seem to combine less conmplex backgrounds with OOF image circles most close to perfect circles - which many lenses achieve pretty well wide open and less so when the aperture clips the circle to some other shape....I say whatever! Heresy, I know.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Takumar67 400mm f4.

Dogwalk by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[CTAPbIU_XPEH_RUSSIA]

Zenitar 50 mm 1.7 on 1.7

 

[jmanivelle]

testing the Lomo 28 on the M8 by JMF_, on Flickr

Lomo 28mm T1.5 cine lens (OCT19 mount) on M8 at minimum distance 0.5m

 

[mfogiel]

Contax 645. Planar 80/2


MF20143302 by mfogiel, on Flickr

 

[crosseyed-cricket]

IIIf + 5cm Summitar + Tri-X


astro-lunch-image001-sm by crosseyed-cricket, on Flickr

 

[mfogiel]

Pentax 67 165/2.8


MF20140906 by mfogiel, on Flickr

 

[ThomasM]

EOS 5d II, EF 85/1.8

Fuji X100

 

[Addy101]

Sony A900 | Sony 50/1.4 | f/2 | 1/5000s | 160iso

 

[Sonny Boy Havidson]

Yashica ML 50/2:

 

[Aurelius]

My beloved Zuiko 50/2.0 finally in action. All pics at f/2.0.

 

[tandemliebhaber]

Zuiko 50/2.0

Zuiko 50/2.0

indeed a gem - tiny & more affordable as the Zuiko 90 ;o)
at short distances i appreciate the extended depth of field.
Quality at the same Level as the 2013 MacroPlanar 50, at analog 'sensor' even a tiny bit stronger - Keep in mind it's a design from another 'decade'

My beloved Zuiko 50/2.0 finally in action. All pics at f/2.0.

 

[goamules]

Canon LTM 35/1.8

 

[DNG]

Fuji X-E2
XF35mm at f/2.8


Jeremy/Lauren: Flower Beds par Peter Arbib, on ipernity

 

[John E Earley]

Nikkor HC 5cm/f2 LTM on an a6000 shot at f2.