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Leica 35/2.8 has swirly bokeh?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:06 am    Post subject: Leica 35/2.8 has swirly bokeh? Reply with quote

I just have realized ...



PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another sample ...


PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But not pronounced in greater F-number



PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Which Version of the Leica 35/2.8 do you talking about?

Some further Leica Lenses do have the Swirl in some situations.

For example a nearfield crop of Summilux 1.4/50mm



Also the Leica Makro Elmarit 2.8/60mm




Cheers
Henry


PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think this is quite early version ... a bit prone to flare.



PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yadisl wrote:
I think this is quite early version ... a bit prone to flare.


Yes, its the early Leicaflex Version with external hood.

Thanks for information.

Here you can find the Years of production..

http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Leica_Lenses_Serial_Numbers.txt

So your copy is from 1964...

Cheers
Henry


PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Henry! Very Happy


PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This swirliness should be something of the first version of Elmarit-R 2.8/35.
I have the last version, which is a different optical design, and it does not show swirliness. Here's an environmental portrait I took with my Elmarit 2.8/35 wide open:



PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, this Elmarit shows - under certain circumstances - a swirly bokeh wide open.
As you wrote, once it is stopped down, the effect disappears.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All bokeh is gradually lost as any lens is stopped down and background goes into focus. Of course, this is basic. I like that swirly bokeh, and in fact would probably prefer the early model for that reason. I tend to like interesting and crazy bokeh. I see it as adding interest to a photo more so than distracting from the subject. I may be in the minority with that view.

You have an admirable collection of glass, Henry.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great Portrait Orio!