One of the oldies. Not sure if i've posted this before.
Not alternative. Canon EOS 40D with 85mm f/1.2L II near MFD
Notice the "bullseye" on the bokeh.

Onion bokeh.

Yes, the mark I of the 85L has it too. I thought it was a filter, but nope. Dumb vegetable bokeh.

5D2 + RKN MC 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5

Any lens with an aspherical element has a potential for onion bokeh.

lacksative wrote:
Canon EOS 40D with 85mm f/1.2L II near MFD
Notice the "bullseye" on the bokeh.

It was much more pronounced with my UE code copy of the 85L mkI - I have a very hard time provoking it with my mkII. As TWoK said, the potential for this kind of bokeh signature is related to having an aspherical element.

just joined FM and since i'm on a fairly tight budget i have mostly alt lenses, thought i'd add a few bokeh shots from some of them.

rokkor MD 50mm f/1.2 @f/2:
1)

sebboh: VERY nice!

i think this lens has popped up on this thread a few times but not on a cropped body (all shots taken on a 4/3 body). the nikkor 105mm f2.5 AIS probably wins the prize for the smoothest bokeh of any of my lenses.

a couple shots wide open:
1) i probably did a little correcting of loCA on this shot

hmmm... and old k-mount cosina 2.0 on a 5D @ 2.0

nothing artistic... just blur

Wow, that lens looks great! I especially like the look fo the Radio Flyer one...good stuff!

mortyb wrote:
sebboh: VERY nice!

+1! Welcome to FM...

sebboh wrote:
thanks to everyone else for posting on this thread, it's great to get an idea of the character of these lenses before buying them, though i now have an unhealthy desire for a voigtlander 125mm lanthar.

Nice duck shot. The voigtlander is not an unhealthy desire, but the only cure is to get one.

Thought this was an interesting diversion for 5 minutes

http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/BokehType//

Hey Ronan that link is COOOOL

D700 + Voigtlander 58mm Nokton

Gotta love that reflected boke

Contax Zeiss 135 - I really need to start using my other lenses...

Alf Beharie wrote:
Mamiya 645 80mm f2.8N:



What, no comments on this one...To me thats great Bokeh...BTW, It was taken on a 1.7x crop DSLR, not a medium format camera, in case you thought otherwise.
Understandably the lens in question is the only M645 lens I will never sell.

Alf Beharie wrote:
Alf Beharie wrote:
Mamiya 645 80mm f2.8N:

What, no comments on this one...To me thats great Bokeh...BTW, It was taken on a 1.7x crop DSLR, not a medium format camera, in case you thought otherwise.
Understandably the lens in question is the only M645 lens I will never sell.
Every lens basically renders bokeh like this up close.

D200 + AF-D 80-200 2.8. Shot during dusk, thus the lower light.

TWoK wrote:
Alf Beharie wrote:
Alf Beharie wrote:
Mamiya 645 80mm f2.8N:

What, no comments on this one...To me thats great Bokeh...BTW, It was taken on a 1.7x crop DSLR, not a medium format camera, in case you thought otherwise.
Understandably the lens in question is the only M645 lens I will never sell.
Every lens basically renders bokeh like this up close.

But it was'nt that close!

shots from today...

Great shots! love the colors and the painterly (?) bokeh! benvision!

thanks!

im getting this lens dialed in... its becoming rather fun even though my mod only allows focus up to 10' max (im not shaving the mirror).

the natural cats eye effect and the crazy way it draws is like making a painting straight out of the cam. i used a very strong s curve using canons neutral picture style, with the saturation jacked to max in dpp. some were shot with the "clear picture style" so i can see the rough look on my cam.

i wish we could modify the b/w style and load it in the camera

:P

ulrikft2 wrote:
Great shots! love the colors and the painterly (?) bokeh! benvision!
+1