I didn't notice any real difference. The second shot may have a little more
contrast and DOF. Personally, the only shots I have taken that have great
bokeh are ones that were taken because I saw interesting bokeh in the
viewfinder regardless of the lens. If fact, what I consider my best bokeh
photograph were taken with a Tokina 80-200 f4.5 RMC, not the most highly
regarded lens.
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:08 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Ah, Bokeh! Or is it Hokey?
No
I couldn't say that one was better than the other.
Chris
On 26 Aug 2004, at 17:12, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Last summer I did a short series (about half a roll of Provia 100F) of
> test shots to compare the 90/2 Zuiko and the 90/2.8 Tamron macros. I
> couldn't tell any real difference. Now, since the bokeh subject has
> reared its fuzzy head again, and because the 90/2 Zuiko is said by
> many to have the most wonderful bokeh, I'm putting up a couple of
> shots, one taken with each lens. About the only things these lenses
> have in common is that they both have nine-blade diaphragms.
>
> These are straight scans, with no sharpening or other adjustments
> whatsoever, of a deliberatly chosen "difficult" subject in fairly
> harsh lighting. For some reason, although scanned at 2700 d.p.i.
> before being JPGed down to 800 pixels wide, they look kinda "soft." I
> promise, though, that they are equally sharp and have oodles of
> detail. But anyway, I'm doing this only for the bokeh, so "soft"
> don't much matter.
>
> If anybody can see any difference, I hope they'll 'splain it to me. I
> guess I'm just not all that sensitive, because bokeh has never been
> that important to me. Unless it's really bad and/or the subject is
> really boring, I usually don't even notice it.
>
> http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID
> -724214.html
> http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID
> -724215.html
>
> Walt, the bokeh clod
>
>
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