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Bokeh wonderings

gartmore
Posted 05/09/2008 - 08:21 Link
Thanks Don, a lovely dream like effect

Ken
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
MattMatic
Posted 05/09/2008 - 08:31 Link
Quote:
Ahh! just looked at Bojidar's site, I had mistakenly thought that the 'soft' control was in addition to the aperture ring.

I thought that too!

Great example Don
Very dreamy - I like this much more than the LensBaby look.
Matt
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Don
Posted 05/09/2008 - 12:03 Link
thank you and your welcome... that is taken under dull, low, flat light...
under better light, the highlights take on an ethereal glow, that is tough to describe....
I try to use it for at least one shot on each wedding shoot....
I spent many hours editing video yesterday, abd having an excuse to get up, and move around was needed!
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Clarky
Posted 05/09/2008 - 12:09 Link
What would be the modern equivilent to the 85mm soft f2.2 or is it still in production :
Camera:|K-7|
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|
Don
Posted 05/09/2008 - 12:12 Link
I think if you watch ebay you may come across an af version, and also a 28mm af soft....
those ones are more versitile i believe...
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
jps
Posted 05/09/2008 - 15:35 Link
Some of the best bokeh I've seen recently is on this guy's set on Flickr, taken with a Leica-R 90mm f/2 Summicron on a K20D:

http://flickr.com/photos/wesleywong/sets/72157606937183341/

Jonathan
hefty1
Posted 05/09/2008 - 15:59 Link
jps wrote:
Some of the best bokeh I've seen recently is on this guy's set on Flickr, taken with a Leica-R 90mm f/2 Summicron on a K20D:

http://flickr.com/photos/wesleywong/sets/72157606937183341/

Jonathan

The same guy has a very impressive set of pictures taken with the Voigtlander 125 Macro on his K10D - my sort of bokeh!

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gartmore
Posted 05/09/2008 - 16:20 Link
FWIW All the 645 lenses have Bokeh to die for and of course its easier to achieve OOF bits in MF
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Father Ted
Posted 05/09/2008 - 20:52 Link
This is why I love this site.
I'd never heard of Bokeh until I read this thread.
Quick look around Wikipeadia sorted that out. .

Learn something new every day
Getting there! Thanks to you guys

Pentax K10d, *istDL, Kit lens ( 18-55mm ), 50mm f1.7 lens, Tamron 70-300mm lens, Prinzflex 70-162 manual lens, Various old flashes.
Edited by Father Ted: 05/09/2008 - 20:52

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