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Re: [OM] So what Zuiko is the true Bokeh Champ?

Subject: Re: [OM] So what Zuiko is the true Bokeh Champ?
From: Iwert <zuikooh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 10:39:45 +0200
Certainly the 100f2 is no slouch:

<http://picasaweb.google.com/zuikooh/Blur?feat=directlink>

It provides very nice and smooth bokeh. Next to that I really like  
the 40mm f2 bokeh (and FOV),
maybe it is not the best, but I like it :).

Iwert

Op 8-mei-09, om 02:29 heeft usher99@xxxxxxx het volgende geschreven:

> With all this bokeh talk is it the Z. 100 f2 that has the most
> consistently smooth bokeh?  Clearly foregorund/background distance all
> effect this complex lens character along with aperture shape, focal
> length, spherical aberrations.  Highly corrected flat field lenses  
> seem
> to have a heck of a time rendering nice bokeh like the Z. 50 f3.5
> macro.  The F2 flavor does better at the price of some sharpness in  
> the
> corners as CH points out.
> The Z. 135 f4 macro is no slouch though with close backgrounds the CV
> 125 SL apo Lanthar has  a smoother rendering.  I was suprised that the
> Z 85 F2 despite being a small gem (doubling as a mini macro kit with
> ext tubes) can have busier bokeh than I had anticipated.  Longer FL's
> always seem to have an easier time, perhaps due to the physics and a
> narrower limited background to start.
>
> If one opened up the contest to non-Zuikos in OM mount on FF (film or
> dig), I think the CV 90/3.5 and the 125 both would be in the running.
> Mike
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