Have you fallen in love with a lens bokeh, do tell

Jorge Ledesma · #1 July 7th, 2012, 12:25 PM

Lately, in my search for native and adapted lenses, I'm looking for two things: speed & bokeh. With the longer telephotos 135mm at least f2.8 and on the 50mm f1.8 its been my experience that the faster on need to be stopped down a bit in order to improve their IQ so I've pretty much gone this route.

When it comes to bokeh, which lenses have you fallen in love with? I'll start it of with the MD Celtic 135mm 2.8. Oh my gosh, its lovely. I'm currently looking one (if you know let me know) but the images I've seen around the web are simply stunning. Also I've seen the Hexanon 55mm 1.2 and it so gorgeous as well. I've also seen the Jupiter's and they are stunning as well.

Are you a bokeh hunter? Which lens is it?

RT_Panther · #2 July 7th, 2012, 12:29 PM

In part, this is why I've been 'jonesin' on the M. Zuiko 75mm....

napilopez · #3 July 7th, 2012, 01:03 PM

Yes I have. For me, that lens in the Canon FD 50mm F1.4. I think in some ways I prefer it to the "perfection" of the bokeh in the native 45mm f1.8 and the new 75mm f1.8. Different uses, but the FD manages to both not be harsh and still have some "raw" character to it. For example, the two aforementioned modern lenses have bokeh which doesn't tend to get "squashed" (like a cats-eye effect)around the edges, a feeature I actually tend to like.

That said, I still prefer the 45mm, but every once in a while, I look for the character of my old 50.

CUB · #4 July 7th, 2012, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jorge Ledesma

When it comes to bokeh, which lenses have you fallen in love with?

On full frame, I fell in love with the results from the "King of Bokeh", the Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 version 4, and the last version of the Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8. Sadly, both of these lenses are no longer made.

In m4/3, the lens whose bokeh I like the most is the Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8. It is as good on m4/3 as the Leica Elmarit-M 90mm is on full frame.

Jorge Ledesma · #5 July 7th, 2012, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RT_Panther

In part, this is why I've been 'jonesin' on the M. Zuiko 75mm....

I can agree with that !!

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Originally Posted by napilopez

Yes I have. For me, that lens in the Canon FD 50mm F1.4. I think in some ways I prefer it to the "perfection" of the bokeh in the native 45mm f1.8 and the new 75mm f1.8. Different uses, but the FD manages to both not be harsh and still have some "raw" character to it. For example, the two aforementioned modern lenses have bokeh which doesn't tend to get "squashed" (like a cats-eye effect)around the edges, a feeature I actually tend to like.

That said, I still prefer the 45mm, but every once in a while, I look for the character of my old 50.

Same here, its quite lovely, the more I look at it, the more I like it. For an old 50, I like the OM Zuiko 50mm 1.8, beautiful bokeh also.

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Originally Posted by CUB

On full frame, I fell in love with the results from the "King of Bokeh", the Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 version 4, and the last version of the Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8. Sadly, both of these lenses are no longer made.

In m4/3, the lens whose bokeh I like the most is the Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8. It is as good on m4/3 as the Leica Elmarit-M 90mm is on full frame.

Wow, the consensus seems to be 45mm. I hope the rumors are true and they bring out a 25mm 1.8 at least.

Bhupinder2002 · #6 July 7th, 2012, 07:02 PM

Hi..
Here is a thread for BOEKH and shows what different lenses can do .By the way I love Oly 45 mm 1.8
Cheers
Bhupinder

Lets see your creamy BOKEH Please :)

Oly 45 mm 1.8 on Oly EPL2

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ryansinibaldi · #7 July 7th, 2012, 09:04 PM

Mhmm. Yashica ML 50mm 1.4

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Bench by ryansinibaldi, on Flickr

Jorge Ledesma · #8 July 9th, 2012, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ryansinibaldi

Mhmm. Yashica ML 50mm 1.4

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Bench by ryansinibaldi, on Flickr

that's one sharp puppy you got there.

nueces snapper · #9 July 9th, 2012, 10:21 AM

But since coming to this forum I have started actually looking at it. I guess I like OOF areas to just look like ... nothing. Is that 'creamy' or 'smooth' and what bokeh officianados prefer?

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DeeJayK · #10 July 9th, 2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jorge Ledesma

Lately, in my search for native and adapted lenses, I'm looking for two things: speed & bokeh. With the longer telephotos 135mm at least f2.8 and on the 50mm f1.8 its been my experience that the faster on need to be stopped down a bit in order to improve their IQ so I've pretty much gone this route.

When it comes to bokeh, which lenses have you fallen in love with? I'll start it of with the MD Celtic 135mm 2.8. Oh my gosh, its lovely. I'm currently looking one (if you know let me know) but the images I've seen around the web are simply stunning. Also I've seen the Hexanon 55mm 1.2 and it so gorgeous as well. I've also seen the Jupiter's and they are stunning as well.

Are you a bokeh hunter? Which lens is it?

Discussions about bokeh are generally very subjective, since there are many different qualities that appeal to different viewers. What type of bokeh are you looking for? Creamy (a.k.a. "cream cheese")? Specular (a.k.a. "Hollywood")? Swirly? My tastes tend more toward the creamy bokeh.

One lens that has a cult following among bokeh-lovers is the Tokina 90mm f/2.5 macro, which has earned the nickname Bokina. I've been searching for a good deal on one of these for a while now, but it has remained tantalizingly just out of my grasp so far.

Among the lenses I own, my favorite bokeh is probably either the Konica Hexanon 57mm f/1.4 or the Computar 75mm f/1.4.