The only lens I said I had used in the first place was the SMC-F 50 1.7, and IMO it has superb bokeh. The best of all the lenses I own. Better even than my Tamron 90mm Macro.
-That Guy -----Original Message----- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 2:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued? >I guess I should lecture you a little more. Always nice to attend leatures when there is something to learn. >First off, the bokeh on the >24mm is probably of little consequence since wide angle lenses are rarely >used in situations where superb bokeh is a necessity. Completely disagree. There are time I like to shoot very chose to the subject for some interesting effect. The background will appear very out-of-focus. In situation like this, the bokeh shows, and ugly with the FA*24/2. I have seen many wide angle shots with similar style in Japanese magazines too so don't tell me it is a non-issue. >Second, the 3 limited >lenses are known for having relatively harsh bokeh even by Pentax standards >due to the other areas they excel in, such as 3 dimensionality. It is unknown to me. FA31 & FA77 have good bokeh though still have very slight bright-ring effect. >Third, 3 of those lenses are telephotos, with the 100 being a Macro lens. >Presumably it >has at least decent bokeh. The only lens there that I would expect to have >superb bokeh is the FA* 85 1.4. So you tell me, does it suck in this >regard, or is it excellent??? To surprise you, I feel the FA*85/1.4 has the worst bokeh in this bunch. It excels on certain portrait, but I like the bokeh of FA77 better. From what I can see, the FA*85 has slightly stronger bright-ring bokeh than the FA77. Sometimes the backgrounds just appeared a little odd with the FA*85, but not with the FA77. But you are correct that the FA100/2.8 macro does have very nice bokeh. It is a nice lens for both macro & portrait imho. Thanks for the extra lecture. It teaches me that you have never used most of these low quality Pentax lenses. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium: Up to 11 personalized e-mail addresses and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
