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Subject: [Leica] OT: Good Bokeh?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:44:15 +0930
References: <v2gdaaeb97e1004172312md9e6dc0fk6878be709094d38b@mail.gmail.com> <F49DA823-3821-4D24-98BD-218ED5F08B2A@mac.com> <y2wdaaeb97e1004181220s5d7b9bd3oa65499b6db82cbcc@mail.gmail.com> <B9056380-1806-4679-AECB-576A074B5572@mac.com>

Two things here - specular highlights are rendered as hard shapes with
brighter edges and the objects are appear as compressed geometric
shapes.  I dislike this sort of bokeh quite intensely.

It's a worst case scenario - a near-far composition with specular
highlights in the background.  Not many lenses actually can render
this sort of scene well.

Marty

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:18 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> was the sample you posted wide open?
> have you tried it at other f stops?
> just curious.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:20 PM, James Laird wrote:
>
>> George,
>>
>> I see what you mean. I thought it was moderately good bokeh when I
>> first took it. But as you say it's all subjective. Oh well, I only
>> paid 49 bucks for it. Maybe I can get a Leica R 200 some day for that
>> price (in my dreams;)
>>
>> Jim Laird
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:53 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> obviously subjective
>>> but I find the bokeh
>>> quite disturbing
>>> reminds me of the glass
>>> used in some bathroom windows.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>
>>> On Apr 18, 2010, at 1:12 AM, James Laird wrote:
>>>
>>>> Trying out my 'new' Nikkor 200 f4 on my GH1 I took this:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/GH1/Nikkor-200f4-Bokeh.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> Now I think this is great bokeh. Agree?
>>>>
>>>> Jim Laird
>>>>
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In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Good Bokeh?)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] OT: Good Bokeh?)
Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Good Bokeh?)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] OT: Good Bokeh?)