Cabin wrote:
With those propellers. It sure looks beefy.
Yeah, it has power to spare. They are C-130 Hercules engines d-rated to 4000 horsepower a side. If you go higher than that you run the risk of twisting the airframe.
gfinlayson wrote:
Holy Cr@p! If it renders anything like the 58, my soul is for sale. One careful owner, only minor sins......
I don't think it renders as 58g.
The 58g has rendering with:
A. undercorrected SA which makes background bokeh smooth and foreground bokeh edgy (details on this effect). This effect is most visible just around in-focus plane assuming bokeh is big enough to see it. It is least visible when you focus very close and inspect highlights near infinity distance.
B. optical vignetting causing "cat's eye" or "lemon shape" bokeh outside of center when used wide open (swirling effect).
There is one caveat though: high level of sharpening or clarity can make neutral bokeh into bokeh with pronounced edges. So more pictures are needed for better evaluation. Also amount of SA correction is not constant for all focus distances and it can also be uneven in a picture by distance from center.
A. undercorrected SA which makes background bokeh smooth and foreground bokeh edgy (details on this effect). This effect is most visible just around in-focus plane assuming bokeh is big enough to see it. It is least visible when you focus very close and inspect highlights near infinity distance.
B. optical vignetting causing "cat's eye" or "lemon shape" bokeh outside of center when used wide open (swirling effect).
There is one caveat though: high level of sharpening or clarity can make neutral bokeh into bokeh with pronounced edges. So more pictures are needed for better evaluation. Also amount of SA correction is not constant for all focus distances and it can also be uneven in a picture by distance from center.
→ The new 105mm f/1.4 lens is designed with the same "three-dimensional high fidelity" concept as the 58mm f/1.4 lens:
The "three-dimensional high fidelity" NIKKOR lens design concept enables rending of the large and beautiful bokeh with gradual transition from the focus position increases and a natural sense of depth.
Chromatic aberration, ghosting and flare is minimized by three Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) elements. Nano Crystal Coat (N) outperforms conventional antireflection coatings over a broad wavelength range for maximum contrast. Like the AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G, point light sources are reproduced naturally without sagittal coma flare and minimized astigmatism, even at the frame edges. An electromagnetic diaphragm (E) maintains consistent exposure during high-speed capture, while fluorine coat ensures a lifetime of brilliant performances.
I've never bought a lens based on early sample shots. The only way to buy any lens in my book is to wait for the lens's image thread on FM, it never disappoints
jtra wrote:
The 58g has rendering with:
A. undercorrected SA which makes background bokeh smooth and foreground bokeh edgy
Hm, I don't see that in my 58G pictures. The lens has very smooth foreground bokeh (relatively). Here's a shot where I played with the foreground bokeh, sorry for the lousy composition, problem was the space was too narrow to get a better angle.
The foreground bokeh is definitely not as smooth as the background bokeh but ,in my opinion still looks very nice. Especially compared the the sigma art which is suppose to have smoother foreground bokeh
jtra wrote:
The 58g has rendering with:
A. undercorrected SA which makes background bokeh smooth and foreground bokeh edgy
Bohemien wrote:
Hm, I don't see that in my 58G pictures. The lens has very smooth foreground bokeh (relatively). Here's a shot where I played with the foreground bokeh, sorry for the lousy composition, problem was the space was too narrow to get a better angle.
In your shot the focus is on infinity while car is quite close - in that case SA has weaker effect on bokeh than in cases where focused plane and bokeh subject are closer.
I don't own 58g (although I have considered buying one and I watch this thread closely since beginning), but you can test your's with this test target displayed on monitor from angle: http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/bokeh/bokeh-test-lines.png
What I expect is that you will get is something like in the first row here:
(this is from 105 DC, where DC ring allows you to select amount of SA correction to affect bokeh; first row is undercorrected SA for smooth background bokeh).
Recently Marianne Oelund tested 58g in very similar way (just using led light) here: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58088963 (click on the picture to see it bigger). 85/1.4g is in same picture for comparison, few other lenses are in followup comments.
They are C-130 Hercules engines d-rated to 4000 horsepower a side. If you go higher than that you run the risk of twisting the airframe.
