A Walk With Canon SSC 50 1.4 and Jupiter 9 = Bokeh Much?

[Smoli4]

So I had some time today for a walk with my camera, and I wanted to capture the bokeh of both lenses.

I didnt process the pictures, just converted from raw to jpeg and resized for the forum. shot with canon 60D on manual with Auto WB.

I really like the sharp performance of the canon 50 1.4 SSC, and really like its bokeh too, I can just say that its a great performer and you dont have to worry about contrast loss or flaring when you are casually using it.

1 The Canon trademark bokeh

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5 - BOKEH Branch

6 Crazy highlights

7 Really close focus

8 No bokeh here, but a nice looking tree. Also wide open



Then I took the Jupiter 9, before the warm light disappeared
I guess I was a tad late thou..

1 Silky smooth transitions

2 This lens will make any car look sexy

3 I like the rendering

4 Smooths out the background even from afar

5 Magical look

6 Again the smoothness

[Excalibur]

Well I too think the Canon 50mm f1.4 is a very good lens for sharpness, I don't have a Zeiss to compare it with but my initial tests show it is better than the Hexanon 50mm f1.7 which on one site the Hexi is highly rated.

[dude163]

You should Process some of these ,they would look a lot better IMO

Especially the windmill

[revers]

Were the Canon 50/1.4 shots wide open?

I have that lens but after a chart test against my Minolta 50/1.4 I just put it in the cupboard. I must take it out for a real world trial.

[Smoli4]

yes all wide open

and yes sure i will process some but for the general impression I decided to show the result as is.

[Attila]

I don't like "as is" results ,these are require processing. Only best lenses not require processing, but with a little processing many lens can close to best ones.No processing not means lens it self, it means your camera electronic, your camera personal settings etc.
When I bought my Olympus E-1 all picture did look crap, a sharpness, contrast, saturation was increased by me in camera body, result was way better than before. When I did shift to Sony NEX and Samsung NX100 unprocessed result was also big step to right direction after 4/3 and micro 4/3 . So my conclusion is show best what you can get from a lens, PP is essential , crap lens like Sigma zoom will remain crap even best PP but a J-9 like yours will be way better with PP.

[revers]

I dig my 50/1.4 SSC out of the cupboard & took a couple quick shots & applied my standard preset processing.


1. Cricket, our cat. f2.0





2. Juniper berries. f2.8

[cooltouch]

I love the bokeh my 50/1.4 SSC produces.

Wide open:


Wide open:


Stopped down some:

[Smoli4]

i like the cat and the berries, also the stopped down rose

i took some shots with canon ssc 50 1.4 vs an m42 super takumar 50 1.4, didnt see a big differance only bokeh wise, smoother with the canon, and maybe the canon is just a tiny bit sharper, but of course the takumar is way smaller and lighter in that regard.

i going to attend a big convention soon so i hope to post alot of pictures/portraits with my "best" lenses next week..

[revers]

Daughter came over with her dogs yesterday wanting pics of them. It was late day, heavy overcast @ last light. I used an old Braun hammerhead flash with the lens set to f5.6 on my G1 camera.

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3. Heavy crop from a two dog shot.