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Re: [OM] Focus and Bokeh

Subject: Re: [OM] Focus and Bokeh
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:26:51 +0100
Moose

I love the monkey!

But I saw little difference in (attractiveness of) bokeh between the Zuiko and 
LBSF.  I like both the aperture-blade shapes of the Zuiko and the round shapes 
of the LBSF.

I agree, though, that the depth of focus seems a little better with the LBSF.

Chris

> On 10 Aug 15, at 00:09, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> As those who are foolish enough to read my meanderings know, one of my 
> endless interests is qualities of focus and bokeh. I am in love with the 
> combination of clear detail with lack of edginess and with lovely OoF 
> qualities of many old LF images. I some time ago came to the conclusion that 
> such is probably not possible with smaller formats, likely a factor of 
> absolute aperture diameters and lens to film distances.
> 
> But I persevere. :-)
> 
> My latest adventure in this direction is a LensBaby Soft Focus Optic, in 
> their discontinued Scout optic holder, for straightforward helicoid focusing. 
> After a few test shots, I did a more extensive experiment  with near and far 
> focus and some bright, tiny light sources in the background. For comparison, 
> I took the same shots with an OM 50/1.4, last version. 
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Lenses/LensBabySoftFocus/LensBaby_SF.htm
>  
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Lenses/LensBabySoftFocus/LensBaby_SF.htm>>
> 
> Annoyingly, the supposedly 50 mm LensBaby and Oly 50.1.4 have quite different 
> actual FoVs; oh well. Interesting results, in any case, for me. It appears 
> that the LBSF at f8 & 11 has a good combination of focus on a near subject 
> and decent bokeh, certainly better than the conventional lens. It also seems 
> that the LB has slightly deep DoF at the same nominal aperture?
> 
> This is far from the worst bokeh I've seen out of conventional 50s, so I'll 
> likely be trying to reproduce and compare some worse examples I've 
> encountered.
> 
> I didn't try the LBSF 50/2 at wider apertures for this comparison, as it 
> really starts to live up to its name there. It has other uses, and a set of 
> three 'normal' multiple opening aperture plates that do interesting things 
> and a bunch of others for special bokeh effects. More to explore. It appears, 
> and I've seen someone else say, that the Soft Focus Optic is very similar in 
> image characteristics to their new 56/1.6 lens.
> 
> BTW, those Alt.Moose images I recently posted that pretty much everyone 
> ignored, perhaps rightly so, were products of the LB Spark Special Edition 
> 50/2. Blame B&H daily specials. :-)

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