asbalyan wrote:
I think 40-2 is Second version of Helios 40 lens, commonly known as "Helios 40-2 85mm f1.5". This is black version. Mine is silver version. need confirmation from "Francisco Tan"
Thank you. I suspected it was the Helios but then there also are some 40mm f/2 lenses...I also see Francisco Tan has updated his post. Cheers, /Jonas
oly 55 1.2. awful bokeh by most people's standards. I wanted a special purpose Noctiluxoid lens to give me wildly abstract and distracting backgrounds.
Dim.ka_ wrote:
AhamB - you are a bit right concerning rokkor double lines - that is because i have modificate this particular rokkor in the same way as i did with 85 1.7 stf like blur( https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/701273/0#6314743 ). But i did this treatment in a very low amount of gradient aperture coating and the final effect is very delicate, because i want to leave the contrast at normal level.
Thanks for the info! At first I was thinking "gradient aperture coating, what is he talking about??", but I read that post now. Interesting method of improving the bokeh characteristic.
lacksative wrote:
Sorry. I thought i was on the Canon section. Never really posted anywhere else than 'Macro world'
No problems imo... If we are looking for subjectively admirable blur there is no reason to exclude products from the two biggest companies. Well, we can exclude a lot of their lenses but there are some nice ones as well.
I would like to see more samples from the Nikkor DC lenses for example. The EF85/1.2L is always interesting. The 50L is not represented here, in spite of having good bokeh (if you can focus it... Lol). I'm sure there are other ones as well.
Same shot with several lens at 100mm or 105mm, wide open, at ISO 200 all mounted on Canon 5D (Nikon lenses used Cameraquest adapter). Zooms were set as close as possible to 100mm. Shot on tripod from the same position.
