I thought I would start a thread with some images from fast 50mm lenses, such as the f1.2 and F1 lenses available. My only fast 50mm is the Noctilux, though some of the posts from the 50mm f1.2 Minolta lenses tempted me until the price went up on them
These two were shot today in bright overcast. I used a Noctilux wide open at f1.0. The images were converted by lightroom and resized 1200 wide and sharpened in Photoshop.
The Rokkor 58mm seems to hold the shapes of the objects in the background more than you would think a f1.2 lens would. It must focus a lot closer than a Noctilux. I could never get as close as in your flower shot.
robsteve wrote:
The Rokkor 58mm seems to hold the shapes of the objects in the background more than you would think a f1.2 lens would. It must focus a lot closer than a Noctilux. I could never get as close as in your flower shot.
Don't know the MFD off hand, but I should comment that the flower was actually quite huge, so it may appear closer than it really was.
Rokkor 58/1.2 on 5D
This lens produces an amazing background even when the in focus subject is rather distant to the lens.
What a weird effect. The front-centre area is in focus, but so are the rear areas around the edges, almost. Somehow like over-compensated field curvature or something.
