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p.23 #1 · "Admirable" blur samples

Sigma 70mm F2.8 Macro

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Nikon 85mm PC F2.8

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Dec 11, 2008 at 06:01 AM

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p.23 #2 · "Admirable" blur samples

@"burningheart": Very nice series.. thanks for posting...

Dec 11, 2008 at 06:34 AM

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p.23 #3 · "Admirable" blur samples

Tested 4 lenses few months back,
-> Leica Elmarit-R 90mm f2.8
-> Jupiter-9 85mm f2
-> Nikkor-P 105mm f2.5
-> Nikon Series-E 100mm f2.8

You can browse the whole series at the Flickr set. The have uploaded the full size images and the results @f4 & f5.6 too.

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Jupiter 85mm f2 @f2:

@f2.5 or f2.8

Leica Elmarit-R 90mm f2.8

Jupiter-9 85mm/f2

Nikkor-P 105mm/f2.5

Nikon Series-E 100mm/f2.8

This test was done before I got Helios-40 85mm f1.5 and I was not able to find mine Vivitar 100mm f2.8 at that time.

Dec 11, 2008 at 06:39 AM

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p.23 #4 · "Admirable" blur samples

Paul, very nice shot with the CV. Great colors and bokeh.

Dec 11, 2008 at 07:44 AM

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p.23 #5 · "Admirable" blur samples

lacksative

Thanks for posting these pics. Somtimes I get caught up in the manual alt lenses and forget how great some of the canon lenses can be.

Dec 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM

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p.23 #6 · "Admirable" blur samples

Glad to be of service ziyadj

Even though it's a bit odd i love the bokeh the jena biotar produces. Thanks for posting dcmiller!

I could get one for ~100€. Sure seems worth it

Dec 11, 2008 at 11:45 AM

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p.23 #7 · "Admirable" blur samples

Two by the Contax 50/1.7 (modified to Nikon mount)... Unfortunately sRGB and the flickr mandatory "we will recompress the s**t out of your picture" kills all of the fine detail contast in the saturated yellows. In print or on a good wide-gamut screen they really pop!

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Dec 11, 2008 at 01:46 PM

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p.23 #8 · "Admirable" blur samples

Some Pentax-A 50/1.2 blur @ f/2.0:

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Dec 11, 2008 at 03:07 PM

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p.23 #9 · "Admirable" blur samples

Nice Thrice!

Dec 11, 2008 at 03:20 PM

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p.23 #10 · "Admirable" blur samples

I had that lens before, SMC-A 50/1.2, and it was the only lens that beat Rokkor 58/1.2 on the sharpness wide open.

Dec 11, 2008 at 03:26 PM

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p.23 #11 · "Admirable" blur samples

The bokeh seems a little harsher, obviously due to higher degree of correction which would account for the sharpness wide open. Gets pretty nice at f/2.0 though

Dec 11, 2008 at 03:37 PM

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p.23 #12 · "Admirable" blur samples

Stuck an Oly Zuiko 55mm ƒ1.2 on the 20D today. I sold the 5D to make way for the MKII.
The lens seems to improve massively between ƒ1.2 and ƒ2.0, it's a shame there's no intermediate stops as it's quite a jump.
Very dull and overcast unfortunately. Will be hard to get a feel for the lens until the sun actually rises one of these days.

@ ƒ1.2

@ ƒ2.0

100% crop of the leaf pic @ ƒ2.0

Dec 11, 2008 at 04:12 PM

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p.23 #13 · "Admirable" blur samples

I like the f/1.2 shot a little more, probably because of the interesting subject matter and composition. The bokeh looks like heat rising from the ground.

But I agree, most of these ultra-fast normals sharpen up a LOT one stop down.

Dec 11, 2008 at 04:23 PM

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p.23 #14 · "Admirable" blur samples

Large format "C. Friedrich Munchen Corygon 13.5 cm f/4.5" lens in Compur shutter on Canon 350d/rebelXT. To Make focussing work, I used M42 Bellows.

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Dec 11, 2008 at 08:02 PM

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p.23 #15 · "Admirable" blur samples

Paul Yi wrote:
I had that lens before, SMC-A 50/1.2, and it was the only lens that beat Rokkor 58/1.2 on the sharpness wide open.

I have owned two of those A50/1.2 lenses, one NIB. They both performed very similar and they certainly didn't match the Rokkor 58/1.2 (owned one copy only, quickly sold it). The A50/1.2 is (in my experience) pretty soft wide open due to low contrast.

I guess I'm saying I don't understand this. Maybe your Rokkor was a bad one?

Both the SMC-P A50/1.2 and the Rokkor 58/1.2 make a lot of bright rings in the background OOF highlights, pretty much on par as I recall it. The Pentax foreground bokeh is softer than the edgy background bokeh. I have no opinion on the Rokkor in that case. My Rokkor had a terrible focus shift and if changing the aperture value one had to refocus. I noticed no focus shift with the A50/1.2.

OK, I'm just trying to describe what I found with these lenses.

Dec 11, 2008 at 08:29 PM

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p.23 #16 · "Admirable" blur samples

I only referenced to the sharpness of SMC-A 50/1.2
My Rokkor is a very sharp copy. ( Out of 3 I had )
However, SMC-A 50/1.2 was sharper wide open. ( low contrast for sure )
However, Rokkor 58/1.2 gets bleedingly sharp by f/2.
As far as overall performance between the two, I kept Rokkor and sold the Pentax.
Rokkor really has a dual personality or character.

Dec 11, 2008 at 08:52 PM

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p.23 #17 · "Admirable" blur samples

Paul Yi wrote:
I only referenced to the sharpness of SMC-A 50/1.2
(...)

I see. Then it's about how we use the words only. Out of the two I would also pick chose the Rokkor.

Dec 11, 2008 at 11:49 PM

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p.23 #18 · "Admirable" blur samples

5D+OM 55/1.2 @ f/1.2:

Dec 12, 2008 at 04:19 AM

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p.23 #19 · "Admirable" blur samples

that has a nice look, I would like to see more :-D

Dec 12, 2008 at 04:28 AM

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p.23 #20 · "Admirable" blur samples

Here's another from the Pentax-A 50/1.2 sorry about the central subject.

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I feel no rokkor envy

Dec 13, 2008 at 06:35 AM

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p.23 #21 · "Admirable" blur samples

More rokkor fun!

(that is a simple howto for those who wonder how law students do it :P )

Dec 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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p.23 #22 · "Admirable" blur samples

SMC Pentax FA77/1.8 Limited

What you see is a tricky situation, made up to torture the lens and make it fail. The problem is that it fell harder than some other lenses (including the flare SMCP A*85/1.4)

"Unprocessed" - shot raw and developed using ACR with everything set to neutral or zero or flat, and of course no sharpening.

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Dec 14, 2008 at 11:38 PM

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p.23 #23 · "Admirable" blur samples

the_wrath_of_khan wrote:
5D+OM 55/1.2 @ f/1.2:

Ah, the OM55/1.2 used in an interesting way. Pretty nice.

Dec 14, 2008 at 11:40 PM

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p.23 #24 · "Admirable" blur samples

Jonas B wrote:
the_wrath_of_khan wrote:
5D+OM 55/1.2 @ f/1.2:

Ah, the OM55/1.2 used in an interesting way. Pretty nice.
Thanks!

A few more:
Nikkor 50/1.2 AIS:

Nikkor 24/2 AIS:

105/1.8 AIS:

Dec 15, 2008 at 12:53 AM

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p.23 #25 · "Admirable" blur samples

Christmas time with Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7,

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Dec 15, 2008 at 11:22 PM


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