On 11/3/2015 9:18 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19056
Another version showing that the background is able to blur a little more.
Yes, that's nicer bokeh, and maybe a better portrait.
The fact is, if I really want to go "blob-o-matic", I'll use the 100/2.
For me, and yes, I may be a fanatic, it's also about the distribution within the blobs. I'm still looking for the gear
that will let me get something close to an airy disk distribution around highlights, small sources, etc.
As shown here before, the LensBaby doublet Soft Focus, with or without focus plates, doesn't go where I want, although
it moves in that direction with one plate. Now a couple of LensBaby singlets, and zone plate have come to be played
with, via a refurbished sale.
Perhaps of more interest ... That great enabler, Mike Johnston, posted today's Amazon Deal of the Day, the Lytron Illum,
for $399. Unfortunately, there was still one left when I checked, but not after I checked out. ;-)
Posted samples show some really interesting things that can be done with focal plane, DoF and bokeh. At the original
$1600 and the reduced $1300, I couldn't see it. Available now for $600, but another $200 off flipped my trigger. With
the last hurrah improvements in AF and in the Raw processing software, I'm kind of excited about the possibilities.
O. O. F. Moose
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