ovredal73 wrote:
Cavewalker, are those shot wide open, or did you close down a bit? Some beautiful shots there - again you make that damn biotar is calling out my name, even though I decided I had enough lenses....
Alex Tokyo...that's beautiful...
I'd really love to try the lens, but the conversion...
I wish I can find someone in the US who can convert it for me...
m3rocket and burningheart, that Canon 35/1.4L seems to produce nicer bokeh than my 35 Summilux-R, at least in the limited observation I can make here. How is wide open sharpness across the frame? Coma control?
thrice wrote:
m3rocket and burningheart, that Canon 35/1.4L seems to produce nicer bokeh than my 35 Summilux-R, at least in the limited observation I can make here. How is wide open sharpness across the frame? Coma control?
My copy of the 35L is very good from f2 onwards across the frame. Wide open, there's a little bit of halation and vignetting. CA is minor--mostly longitudinal. It also underexposes by about .25 of a stop wide open, although I think this may be typical of very fast lenses.
IMHO, the bokeh is very nice for a 35mm. For subject isolation, a mid-tele or longer works better.
What's interesting is that both the above shots were taken handheld in breezy conditions. That's where the AF worked really well versus MF--I used the servo mode on the 1Ds II.
This is another less interesting shot at f1.4 on my 35L:
100% crop of the area I focused on:
Before anyone protests, yes, I shot it in RAW, and there is sharpening applied (perhaps a little excessive at 100%).
The shot itself stinks (I mean, really, there's nothing interesting here), but I was screwing around with my Sigma 50, and this just makes me go ooohh...pretty bokeh.
I'm so much in love with this lens. Wide open, it's hell and disorder (which can be nice). But stop down to f/2-4 and the most lovely bokeh appears, not to mention incredible sharpness, color and contrast.
bobbytan wrote:
This is really pleasing to look at. Very nice!
Yes, isn't it! And thanks. The bokeh at f/2.8 is quite neutral, and perhaps a bit "medium format" looking. The seven aperture blades doesn't show often, and when they do, I think they contribute to the character.
And now for the disorder. At f/1.2 anything can happen with the background.
I revisited my favourite 'bathtub of bokeh' today.
The blur in the water seems to be part wide aperture and part motion blur. Canon 5DMKII 85 ƒ1.2 L @ ƒ1.6 1/320s
