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p.79 #1 · "Admirable" blur samples

Damn, I have been thinking about one of these for a while.

Aug 28, 2009 at 05:03 AM

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p.79 #2 · "Admirable" blur samples

Carl Zeiss Jena 180 Sonnar on 5D

Park Bench in Central Park.
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Aug 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM

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p.79 #3 · "Admirable" blur samples

Elmarit-R 35mm f2.8, wide open with Canon 450D...

Aug 29, 2009 at 03:40 AM

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p.79 #4 · "Admirable" blur samples

hi,

made with 5D and Tamron SP 70-210mm F/3.5 19AH
@ 200mm 3,5. i think i missed the focus a little.
But i like it anyway.

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Aug 29, 2009 at 07:08 AM

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p.79 #5 · "Admirable" blur samples

Anden wrote:
There are very few lenses with nice front oof blur. Alot of nice blur behind the subject though.

Any good front oof blur lenses out there?

A

Yes, the Canon FL 55mm f1.2...This is looking up on the corner of an old 100 foot high brick warehouse building in Docklands, London...Point of focus is about 50 feet up:

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And I quite like the forground bokeh of my Nikon 35mm f1.4 AIS too:

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Aug 29, 2009 at 08:47 AM

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p.79 #6 · "Admirable" blur samples

Some very contrasty sunlight and Leica 50mm summilux-R on R8 with Fuji Pro400H

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Aug 29, 2009 at 03:05 PM

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p.79 #7 · "Admirable" blur samples

Alf. The first is not too bad. But it is not a very challenging subject either. The second is very ugly IMO. The search continues.

A

Aug 29, 2009 at 03:15 PM

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p.79 #8 · "Admirable" blur samples

A,
I recall my old Pentax 50/1.4 lens as an example of good foreground and bad background bokeh.
Maybe you have already checked it out?

Aug 29, 2009 at 04:32 PM

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p.79 #9 · "Admirable" blur samples

Sigma 150mm Apo Macro wide open, ISO 800 on 5D

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Greg

Aug 30, 2009 at 04:23 AM

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p.79 #10 · "Admirable" blur samples

One more. Same setup, but f/8.

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Aug 30, 2009 at 04:44 AM

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p.79 #11 · "Admirable" blur samples

5DMkII, Nikkor 105/1.8 Ai-S, wide open, MFD and then cropped to about 8MP,
(some of the yellows are blown here but it wouldn't be fair to blame the lens)

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Aug 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM

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p.79 #12 · "Admirable" blur samples

Anden wrote:
The search continues.

The search for what? A fast 35mm prime with good bokeh?

Aug 30, 2009 at 12:02 PM

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p.79 #13 · "Admirable" blur samples

Jonas B wrote:
5DMkII, Nikkor 105/1.8 Ai-S, wide open, MFD and then cropped to about 8MP,
(some of the yellows are blown here but it wouldn't be fair to blame the lens)

Whats the min focussing distance to you lens... I have this lens, and finding difficult to use for floral or similar captures, as min focusing distance is pretty long..

BTW.. nice capture... Liked the way it come out..

Aug 30, 2009 at 02:40 PM

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p.79 #14 · "Admirable" blur samples

asbalyan wrote:
Jonas B wrote:
5DMkII, Nikkor 105/1.8 Ai-S, wide open, MFD and then cropped to about 8MP
Whats the min focussing distance to you lens...
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Hi,

The lens barrel says 1m and I think that's how it is specified as well (I know very little about Nikkors). I just focused down to MFD and measured the distance from the target to the sensor plane to 0.95m.

The 105/1.8 bokeh is fine for flowers but the MFD is too long. At least in general. The depicted flowers are big (12-15cm in diameter) and the image is cropped. A decent macro lens is better for this application.

Aug 30, 2009 at 04:30 PM

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Jonas B wrote:

5DMkII, Nikkor 105/1.8 Ai-S, wide open, MFD and then cropped to about 8MP,
(some of the yellows are blown here but it wouldn't be fair to blame the lens)

Very nice!

Aug 30, 2009 at 05:46 PM

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p.79 #16 · "Admirable" blur samples

AhamB wrote:
Anden wrote:
The search continues.

The search for what? A fast 35mm prime with good bokeh?

For a lens with good front bokeh.

Aug 30, 2009 at 05:46 PM

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p.79 #17 · "Admirable" blur samples

Anden wrote:

Very nice!

Thank you. (You noticed my comment on the Pentax 50/1.4 as an example of lenses having good front bokeh?)

Here is another 5DMkII / Nikkor 105/1.8 combo image (wide open):

The 105/1.8 is easy to like: it isn't super sharp wide open but there is still enough micro contrast to make the subject stand out. The speed and focal length allow for subject isolation. There is a clearly visible difference in background blur going from f/1.8 to f/2. The bad stuff; size and weight (it's not that heavy but I prefer lighter lenses) the focusing ring and the aperture ring both go in the wrong direction (the old Canon FD user shows here) and the MFD is a tad too long. The bokeh is OK and there isn't too much fringe. (I haven't used the lens on a crop sensor camera and don't know how it works then.)

Aug 30, 2009 at 06:39 PM

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p.79 #18 · "Admirable" blur samples

Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AIS on 5D.

With 36mm tube, around f/2.8 or so:

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No tube, wide open:

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One of the better 50mm f/1.4s I've tried.

Aug 30, 2009 at 11:21 PM

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p.79 #19 · "Admirable" blur samples

Here's a heavily cropped pic of a young boy that was riding a float during a recent Bogota street parade.
5D2 : 50/1.2L wide-open.
Cheers,
Scott

Aug 31, 2009 at 03:30 AM

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p.79 #20 · "Admirable" blur samples

Jonas B wrote:

5DMkII, Nikkor 105/1.8 Ai-S, wide open, MFD and then cropped to about 8MP,
(some of the yellows are blown here but it wouldn't be fair to blame the lens)

Gorgeous, thanks for sharring.

Aug 31, 2009 at 04:00 AM

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p.79 #21 · "Admirable" blur samples

D700- ZF 100/2. f2. 1/2000s

Aug 31, 2009 at 10:20 AM

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p.79 #22 · "Admirable" blur samples

One more from the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AIS. Wide open on 5D.

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Aug 31, 2009 at 05:52 PM

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p.79 #23 · "Admirable" blur samples

I love the saturation!

Aug 31, 2009 at 09:32 PM

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p.79 #24 · "Admirable" blur samples

I tend to shoot wide open with all of my lenses:

Pentax FA 31/1.8 LTD:

Sony 135 STF: Now this is my King of Bokeh

Voigtlander 125 Macro:

Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35/2.4:

Pentax FA* 200 Macro:

Vivitar Series 1 105 Macro:

Aug 31, 2009 at 09:57 PM

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p.79 #25 · "Admirable" blur samples

J. I have not tried it out yet.

A

Sep 01, 2009 at 03:57 PM


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