Nikkor 105/1.8 @ f/4 on Nikon D200. This is what you could call "perfect bokeh" with no harsh edge of the OOF CoC:s. Wide open, it isn't as nice, but from f/2.8 and on the bokeh is just great.
SMC Pentax-A 50/1.2 on EOS 5D. Not stereotypically super-soft, but this is a worst case scenario in midday sunlight wide open and with lots of bright reflections. Very low degree of longitudinal CA, but quite a bit of nisen-bokeh.
This is the Olympus zuiko 55mm f1.2.
You can use it on any eos body with a simple adapter. Its a little rare these days, it might take a some patience to find one on ebay. You shouldnt pay more than $300 for a good copy.
Here's an interesting one, from a Nikon 300/2.8 at 2.8, focused at about 5 meters away (that's a hand railing that I focused on). I really enjoyed this image for some reason!
Man, that's a book of photo examples if I ever saw one.
I am very tempted to spend hours downloading all and making a reference book out of same...............but my family is looking over my shoulder and saying "then go buy another computer and get off this one!" And, of course, running down everyone's copyright permission would take forever!
forestmage wrote:
Experimenting with the Voigtlander Ultron 40 f2 SL II lens on the D700. A somewhat busy scene at the edge of our wildflower garden, at f4:
Hi forestmage,
Do you have some samples at f/2 and f/2.8 as well?
Thank you for the Voigtländer Ultron 40 f2 SL II images forestmage. It did better than I expected - I have seen some not very flattering images from this lens earlier. But of course, most lenses can get provoked to produce ugliness.
You're welcome Jonas. I'm looking forward to doing more shooting with it, and I haven't tried out the little close up lens attachment that came with it yet. I'll post a sample of that when I do, perhaps tomorrow.
Alf Beharie wrote:
Fantastic bokeh. Makes the image into something else. The guy is great anyway, and having this kind of bokeh makes the image itself really stand out.
...Thats the worst bokeh I've ever seen!!!