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Re: [OM] More managed bokeh

Subject: Re: [OM] More managed bokeh
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:17 -0500
Good bokeh and nicely done.  The Wrong Era sort of snuck up on me over a 
couple of seconds.  At first I didn't see that 3 pointed star.

Chuck Norcutt

Dawid Loubser wrote:
> It may be a bit off-topic, but allow me to show a couple of examples  
> of the
> lens which I have the most bokeh experience with, the Canon EF 50mm f/ 
> 1.2L:
> 
> http://philosomatographer.deviantart.com/art/The-road-to-obscurity-76168891
> http://philosomatographer.deviantart.com/art/The-Wrong-Era-74873910
> http://philosomatographer.deviantart.com/art/A-growing-loneliness-69292444
> 
> Since the bloody enlarger is not fixed yet, from peering at negatives  
> it seems as
> if the Zuiko 90/2.0 gives it a go, but I will only be able to tell  
> when I look
> at decent prints. But not that many lenses (especially at shorter  
> focal lengths) have
> this kind of smooth bokeh - which alwasy seems to enhance the "depth"  
> of an image.
> 
> While I do consider it a fact that many lenses have distinctly more or  
> less pleasing
> out-of-focus blur, it does indeed also rely on the shooting conditions  
> and
> (especially) the distances involved.
> 
> For example, the Canon EF 100/2.8 Macro, while a basically perfect  
> lens, did not have
> nearly the same pleasing bokeh as either EF 50/1.2 or Zuiko 90/2.0.
> 
> Dawid
> 
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