Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two things here - specular highlights are rendered as hard shapes with brighter edges and the objects are appear as compressed geometric shapes. I dislike this sort of bokeh quite intensely. It's a worst case scenario - a near-far composition with specular highlights in the background. Not many lenses actually can render this sort of scene well. Marty On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:18 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > was the sample you posted wide open? > have you tried it at other f stops? > just curious. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:20 PM, James Laird wrote: > >> George, >> >> I see what you mean. I thought it was moderately good bokeh when I >> first took it. But as you say it's all subjective. Oh well, I only >> paid 49 bucks for it. Maybe I can get a Leica R 200 some day for that >> price (in my dreams;) >> >> Jim Laird >> >> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:53 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> obviously subjective >>> but I find the bokeh >>> quite disturbing >>> reminds me of the glass >>> used in some bathroom windows. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> On Apr 18, 2010, at 1:12 AM, James Laird wrote: >>> >>>> Trying out my 'new' Nikkor 200 f4 on my GH1 I took this: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/GH1/Nikkor-200f4-Bokeh.jpg.html> >>>> >>>> Now I think this is great bokeh. Agree? >>>> >>>> Jim Laird >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >