BTW: I might sound like a broken record, but what still continues to surprise me is how many people say this lens has smooth bokeh and then show close up shots with mostly bokeh in it. Such thin DOF isn\'t that big of a challenge. Look for example at photos with subjects at mid distance. The bokeh can be so harsh (double-lined) that I just don\'t understand that people hardly mention it. The complete opposite of what I consider to be smooth bokeh, even though it\'s quite normal for highly corrected lenses. If it wasn\'t for this nervous bokeh I would\'ve bought this lens without any doubt, because the colors and \"presence\" can be really nice.
Regarding the FE 35/1.4. Yes it has onion rings. Yes they are ugly. However, those only affect the highlights. This lens offers much smoother bokeh than this ZM. Especially when stopping down slightly.
Also: the field curvature can give you really weird results. Look at this recent shot from OleAndre for example: OleAndre wrote: Ice cream by Ole Kjennerud, on Flickr
*edit: it\'s a private link. I\'m talking about the ice cream van in this post
The distant edges are in focus and make a nervous transition to the OOF center.
BTW: I might sound like a broken record, but what still continues to surprise me is how many people say this lens has smooth bokeh and then show close up shots with mostly bokeh in it. Such thin DOF isn\'t that big of a challenge. Look for example at photos with subjects at mid distance. The bokeh can be so harsh (double-lined) that I just don\'t understand that people hardly mention it. The complete opposite of what I consider to be smooth bokeh, even though it\'s quite normal for highly corrected lenses. If it wasn\'t for this nervous bokeh I would\'ve bought this lens without any doubt, because the colors and \"presence\" can be really nice.
Also: the field curvature can give you really weird results. Look at this recent shot from OleAndre for example: OleAndre wrote: Ice cream by Ole Kjennerud, on Flickr
*edit: it\'s a private link. I\'m talking about the ice cream van in this post
The distant edges are in focus and make a nervous transition to the OOF center.
BTW: I might sound like a broken record, but what still continues to surprise me is how many people say this lens has smooth bokeh and then show close up shots with mostly bokeh in it. Such thin DOF isn\'t that big of challenge. Look for example at photos with subjects at mid distance. The bokeh can be so harsh (double-lined) that I just don\'t understand that people hardly mention it. The complete opposite of what I consider to be smooth bokeh, even though it\'s quite normal for highly corrected lenses. If it wasn\'t for this nervous bokeh I would\'ve bought this lens without any doubt, because the colors and \"presence\" can be really nice.
Also: the field curvature can give you really weird results. Look at this recent shot from OleAndre for example: OleAndre wrote: Ice cream by Ole Kjennerud, on Flickr
*edit: it\'s a private link. I\'m talking about the ice cream van in this post
The distant edges are in focus and make a nervous transition to the OOF center.
