Bokeh Only!

Focusthrow · Joined: 12 Sep 2017 Posts: 209

When composing for subject isolation, I'm looking for smooth out-of-focus rendering: I do not want out-of-focus rendering which detracts from the subject. Often, being selective about ones background can payoff in these scenarios.

Gott23 · Joined: 10 Dec 2018 Posts: 250

New lens, new bokeh... Wink

Gott23 · Joined: 10 Dec 2018 Posts: 250

bokeh me.

fiftyonepointsix · Joined: 30 Apr 2017 Posts: 292

If it was nothing but Bokeh, I'd be changing the shim on the lens again.

1953 J-3 remount, Wide-Open by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

1953 Jupiter-3 5cm F1.5, remounted into a later focus mount. The focus mount required a lot of work to make right. As manufactured, the RF cam would not drive the RF past 5meters. This means grinding down the focus mount, moving the helical in closer to the image plane, and re-indexing all of the taps for the set screws. This lens required 1 1/8 turns to drive the RF to infinity, 3x the previous worst lens that I've adjusted. All taps lines up with their screws, so the focus mount was originally manufactured this far off. Lots of polishing down of corroded metal, finished using 3M polishing sheets used for fiber optic connectors. Works on aluminum.

Jupiter-3's made before 1954 are likely to have Schott glass in them. Those made up to ~1950 often have Zeiss manufactured optics in them. I have two J-3's with Zeiss serial numbers on the fixture for the rear triplet. The KMZ 5cm F1.5 groups are fully interchangeable with the German Sonnars.

Gott23 · Joined: 10 Dec 2018 Posts: 250

Bokeh X Street

GoldMark · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 185 Location: Germany

for all this beautiful bokeh images

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Focusthrow · Joined: 12 Sep 2017 Posts: 209

Gott23 · Joined: 10 Dec 2018 Posts: 250

Helios 44-2:

be interesting to see how it compares with the 44 I've got in the post, and the Meritar 50/2.9..

aidaho · Joined: 29 Apr 2018 Posts: 456 Location: Ukraine

Ok, ok: its not bokeh only, but it's a bokeh comprised of manual lenses only Smile

Wadidiz · Joined: 28 Dec 2016 Posts: 36 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Yashica ML 50mm/1.4 on Sony A7.

A couple of years ago, I chose the Canon FD lens line as my main set of vintage lenses for use on mirrorless digital and Canon EF chemical-process camera. I now have a pretty broad collection--17-500mm, including the legendary 85mm/1.2 L. The Canon FDn 50mm/1.4--for example--impresses me so much that I now have three.

However, the performance of the ML 50mm/1.4, 1.7 and 2 are motivating me to look at a Contax/Yashica collection instead. I had a Zeiss Planar T* 50mm/1.4 and really liked it, but I think I prefer the Yashica ML 50mm/1.4, even if some reviewers say it is "not quite a Planar".

linebrell · Joined: 10 Apr 2019 Posts: 244 Location: Russia

Primotar 135/3.5

X-T1 2018-05-12 346 by Yaroslav Golubev, on Flickr

Rosedalelad · Joined: 18 Oct 2018 Posts: 17

Meyer-Optik Oreston 50/1.8

Crab Apple Blossom by Andrew R, on Flickr

Rosedalelad · Joined: 18 Oct 2018 Posts: 17

Pentax-M 50/1.7

Cherry Blossom by Andrew R, on Flickr

blotafton · Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 1636 Location: Sweden

Diaplan 100mm 2.8

Rosedalelad · Joined: 18 Oct 2018 Posts: 17

Lydith 30/3.5

Pussy Willow_Meyer-Optik Lydith by Andrew R, on Flickr

Rosedalelad · Joined: 18 Oct 2018 Posts: 17

And another - this time with a Pentax-M 50/1.7

Pussy Willow_Pentax-M 50/1.7 by Andrew R, on Flickr

linebrell · Joined: 10 Apr 2019 Posts: 244 Location: Russia

X-T2 2019-04-13 338 by Yaroslav Golubev, on Flickr
Jupiter-9 85/2

kiddo · Joined: 29 Jun 2018 Posts: 1273

I like how this Jupiter renders

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

Has the original bokeh only theme been lost?

I make a practice of raking a picture of the ground to signal a change of lens. This one I actually like. Primoplan 1.9/58.

kymarto · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:37 pm Post subject:

Canon LTM 50mm f1.2 on Sony A7RII

kymarto · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:39 pm Post subject:

My all time fave bokeh lens: Dallmeyer Super Six 8 inch f2.0

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