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best 50mm bokeh lens suggestions please!
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll add one that hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't have it, but I've been impressed with the samples I've seen from it): the Volna-9 50mm f2.8 macro lens. Butter-smooth bokeh.


PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes volna 9 is nice but not that impressed from it! And the smoothness is only on 2.8, when you close it the bokeh gets star shape. And it is not that sharp actually. I have tried the volna predecessor the Industar 61LZ and my Pancolar 50 1.8 MC beat it. I have tried them on M42 tubes for macro(Industar 61 and volna are macro lenses).


PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
cooltouch wrote:
Those are some amazing shots, Tesselator. I've never been a big fan of normal focal length lenses, but I guess I should get over that.


Yeah, you really should. Some of the most interesting lenses and some of the best manufacturing and design efforts are to be found in the normal range - 45 - 58mm. I suppose as "the standard" length sold with (or suggested for) all cameras and by every maker, pretty much since the first mass produced SLRs, they really wanted to put their best foot and most interesting designs forward. For market share, name : IQ association, or whatever... Recently it's become a Super Zoom as standard I guess - and really we're starting to lose the idea of a standard altogether with every manufacturer now having different ideas and different crop factors.

My favorite MF designs are found in Normal, 85, and 135 lengths with exceptions here and there and for WA, UWA, or STP. STP in like 300/2.8 can be soooo nice! Smile Oooo, makes me wanna put on the parka and take out the 300L :p

Nice post and shots below!


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And I guess I also need to add the New FD 50/1.4 to my Canon gear. I find that the old SSC usually sells for quite a bit more than the New FD version. I have a couple of the SSC 1.4s, and I haven't really found them to deliver excessive CA, even wide open. For example:

Canon XS (1000D), ISO 100, with FD/EOS adapter, correction element removed, FD 50/1.4 SSC wide open:


Depth of field is razor thin, I've found, when working with close-ups like the above. If you look very closely, you can see the traces of a spider web on the rose bud. That's what I was focusing on.

Also, you mentioned you enjoy the FL 58mm f/1.2. I have the later FL 55mm f/1.2, and I find it to be a very capable performer, even wide open. Now it does show some CA wide open, but not an objectionable amount. Same setup and settings as above:


And I realize that 85mm is beyond traditional "normal" focal lengths, but then the whole idea of a normal focal length is a flexible one. So, anyway I can't resist showing at least one photo taken with my Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 SSC Aspherical wide open. My favorite lens. This photo is actually a duplicate of a slide. Canon F-1, shutter speed unrecorded, lens wide open, Kodak Elite Chrome 100 film.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
showing my samples:

Russian Jupiter 50/1.5

Germany Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 50/2,8 dkl mount


Japanese Yashica ML 55/1,2


PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's all a matter of taste, object, distance and composition.

Minolta MD 50mm F2 has a good smooth bokeh I think and also very good colors, microcontrast, 3D-effect and sharpness (and I also think it's also the cheapest lens mentioned here in this thread)
Never used it much though
http://forum.mflenses.com/a-little-comparision-between-some-cheap-50mm-lenses-t45319,highlight,%2Bcheap+%2B50mm.html

Adaption to a DSLR might be challenge.
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