Of all the lenses in my collection, the Voigtländer Ultron 35mm F1.7 no doubt produces some of the best Sun Stars. I have been using the Ultron with all my Sony mirrorless cameras starting with the NEX 5N, A6000, A6600 and ILSE 7R5.
A couple of examples are posted.
For me it depends on the scene and the quality of the sun stars. But in general yes. Not so keen on the odd shaped 9 and 11-bladed apertures that produce too many rays like 18 and 22 but prefer more like 10 bladed apertures. My favorite sun stars are from Voigtlander and Zeiss Loxia lenses.
jowul wrote:
I was under the impression that only applied to your Nifty Fifties.
No, I really find that to be kitsch in its purest form. Of course, that's just my personal opinion. But since you asked... 😃🥂
Not a fan of sun stars. They typically take over the scene so the image is all about the star…not what’s around the star. I put it into the gimmick category.
I understand what you mean, Chez. Personally I like the discrete version like a little star on the bumper of this Ford Thunderbird. In my view it does not take away from the subject of the photo. Maybe it enhances it?
Sunstars is a kind of aberation of the machinery from lenses plus diafragma blades I think, in any way it's not what I normally see with my eyes.
I think it's overrated, like bokeh.
Sometimes it may work, but most of the time it takes all the attention away.
In the fifties it was used a lot in advertising drawings, so when nifty fifty says kitsch I see a white tooth smile with a big sunstar for a toothpaste advertise drawing.
I've seen better images!
Not that my question was meant to create a polling about sun stars. But this little question resulted in 4 in favour and 3 nah, not so much.
As I commented, I like the discrete stars, maybe like these along a snowy wet street at Christmas time.
