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mhuk
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 Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: Asahi Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 bokeh test |
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mhuk wrote:
Asahi Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 bokeh test.
Canon 20d and no post processing (they're a bit dark- normally I'd have adjusted the exposure in PhotoShop). I hope they're not too bad....
Aperture test shots from F16 down to F1.4. Each thumbnail is clickable to a larger version.
I thought I joined last year but seems I didn't, so here's my hello 
EDIT: the images show in PREVIEW but not in the post. Don't have time now to do this all again but will have another go tomorrow.
  
  
  
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Attila
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Asahi Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 bokeh test |
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Attila wrote:
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Asahi Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 bokeh test.
Canon 20d and no post processing (they're a bit dark- normally I'd have adjusted the exposure in PhotoShop). I hope they're not too bad....
Aperture test shots from F16 down to F1.4. Each thumbnail is clickable to a larger version.
I thought I joined last year but seems I didn't, so here's my hello
EDIT: the images show in PREVIEW but not in the post. Don't have time now to do this all again but will have another go tomorrow.
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Attila wrote:
This test is lot of work! Thank you for sharing and welcome to aboard!
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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maddog10 wrote:
Agree, thanks for sharing.
Test probably wouldn't be as accurate after about 5 or 6 bottles. 
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poilu wrote:
welcome uk
you have a nice portfolio
have a nice time with us
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mhuk
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mhuk wrote:
Thanks for the great welcome
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ChrisLilley
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ChrisLilley wrote:
Enquiring minds want to know, if you set the aperture back to f/16 does the glass refill with beer?
Bokeh wide open is a bit bright edged on the highlights, for my taste, but it settles down nicely by f/2. Thanks for posting this comparison.
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voytek
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voytek wrote:
What kind of beer it is? After drinking only one glass you made the BG totally blurred
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mhuk
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mhuk wrote:
I'm not sure if I owe the thanks to this forum but these shots get quite a few hits on flickr. I must use this lens more often... and give it a try on my 5d2
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newton
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newton wrote:
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| I'm not sure if I owe the thanks to this forum but these shots get quite a few hits on flickr. I must use this lens more often... and give it a try on my 5d2 |
do they get hits because of the beer or because of the bokeh? 
nice test! for every f-stop, drink a beer. |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Thirsty work but well done.
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estudleon wrote:
The bokeh at 1,4 is a dream to me, very pleasent like the smc usually is.
Nice work.
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martyn_bannister
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martyn_bannister wrote:
Welcome! An excellent start. I like the idea of blurriness increasing with the amount of beer consumed
For me, f2.0 s fine, but I'm sorry, the bokeh at f1.4 is not for me. It is too harsh and distracting for this subject. |
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Jeff Zen
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Jeff Zen wrote:
Ha, ha I like the beer jokes here.
But seriously, great test with very nice background colors to show bokeh. |
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TBaker
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TBaker wrote:
That is totally cool. Yes the Tak 50 1.4 is an awesome lense and you'll love it on the 5D MKII. |
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ChromaticAberration wrote:
This f/1.4 bokeh is what lots of people would describe has a "bad" bokeh, since it produces pretty rough edges. Probably a great lens but probably a bit overrated, at least @ f/1.4.
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estudleon
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estudleon wrote:
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| This f/1.4 bokeh is what lots of people would describe has a "bad" bokeh, since it produces pretty rough edges. Probably a great lens but probably a bit overrated, at least @ f/1.4. |
Overrated at 1,4? I don't think so.
If you look to the image taken at 1,4, you should see that the colors of the bottle are very good, like in the glass and the table. The contrast doesn't show excesive low nor high, a normal or medium one. Normal rendering for the 1,4 aperture till now.
The resolution power is good too at the center (the place where is the focus point).
The bokeh? Well, here is very subjective matter. I like it but someone should not like that. A question of taste, no more.
I don't think that a lens with that character at 1,4 is overrated. And don't forget that here we 're speacking about the S.T. not the SMC ( a better lens) which is the best rated takumar 1,4/50.
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Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
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Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
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Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
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SirDon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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SirDon wrote:
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| That is totally cool. Yes the Tak 50 1.4 is an awesome lense and you'll love it on the 5D MKII. |
Phew, it's a relief to hear that it's a nice lens. I got one a while ago, but haven't always loved the results. See close crop from a photo recently taken .. I get these purple fringes around highlighted white areas.
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