it is not just big lenses that produce nice bokeh. one
of the best lenses (as far as bokeh is concerned) is
the 35mm Summicron (gasp!). i'll try to dig up the
Photo Technique article and pick out the important
facts for you.
john
-----Original Message-----
From: John Austin <j_austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] bokeh
>>>Well, I recall something about the big expensive Zuiko
>>>250mm and 350mm telephoto lenses having a lot of "Bokeh"
>
>
>There may be something to that. For those that have the official Olympus
>System Lens Handbook, check out the picture examples they use for the above
>lenses. They really do seem to seperate the subject from the background.
>It's not just so much making the background out of focus, there seems to be
>an almost three dimensional quality to the photos. The picture of the owl
>especially seems to exhibit this.
>
>Regards,
>John Austin
>Oakland, CA
>
>
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