[Leica] Bokeh yes

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

My findings are that when you look at the so called lens reports on blog
like entities dominating the internet for the past decade you get
discussions of Bokeh and not much else. I would just look. Google it. Google
your lens.
It's as if people do nothing but shoot everything wide open.
And then stare endlessly at the backgrounds waiting for a sailing ship to
pop out.

And I disagree with this "one mans Bokeh is another's hot tuna sandwich"
idea being propagated on this thread.
Either a background is smooth or its not.
Its not a Rorschach Test and its not Rocket Science.
Either there are obvious artifacts or there are not.
Smooth is Smooth
Peanut is Peanut


Mark William Rabiner

You can tell a lens has bad Bokeh by the peanuts on its breath.



> From: Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:44:04 -0600 (CST)
> To: lug <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh yes
> 
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 Douglas Nygren <dnygr@cshore.com>wrote:
> 
>> Bokeh has caught my fancy of late.
>> I'm sure this has been discussed and that there is a diversity of
>> opinion.
> 
>> I'd be interested in learnng which lenses you all feel have the best
>> bokeh and why, of course.
> 
>> Best--Doug
> =============================================================================
> Coincidentally, I received my Olympus to Canon lens adapter last week, and
> with my 30D, did some
> comparisons between the Canon AF 50mm f/1.8, an old Nikkor 50mm f/1.4, and 
> a
> Zuiko 50mm f/1.8:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/LensFun/Canon_50mm_at_f2
> AF.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/LensFun/Nikkor_50mm_at_f
> 2.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/LensFun/Zuiko_50mm_at_f1
> _8.jpg.html>
> 
> In these shots there are slight variations in the out of focus highlights, 
> and
> even DoF (look at the Pony
> camera on the left - it looks sharper in the Nikkor shot).  The first two
> lenses have a setting for f/2, but
> the Zuiko doesn't, so that one is at f/1.8.
> 
> Here is that Zuiko 50 and my favorite Olympus lens, the 100mm f/2.8 (both 
> at
> closest focus).  I've always
> liked the oof rendering of this lens at f/2.8:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/LensFun/Z_50mm_at_f1_8.j
> pg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/LensFun/Z_100mm_at_f2_8.
> jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/LensFun/Z_100mm_f2_8Wide
> Open_.jpg.html>
> 
> Bokeh rendering of some misc. lenses:
> 
> 50mm Summitar at f/2:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/BigBird_AMR.jpg.html>
> 
> Nikkor 85mm f/2 LTM at f/2.8.  I love the bokeh of this lens:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Fowl_AMR.jpg.html>
> 
> My custom 135mm Elmar:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Color/BerriesLeaves_AMR.
> jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Color/ThreeBlooms_AMR.jp
> g.html>
> 
> Last, look at the tunnel-like look to this Victorian era Darlot when used 
> wide
> open at f/4.8:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Kathryn1_AMR.j
> pg.html>
> Stopped down, this effect is minimized.
> 
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> 
> 
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