The decision to upper-case Good bokeh was merely inattention on my part. I agree that it's very difficult to judge bokeh as it heavil depends on the scene, but certain lenses are quite predisposed to producing good results in most cases (like th 85L) while others (like most 50's) are quite variable.
-Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > Interesting that you choose to upper case "Good Bokeh." I would agree > to its importance, but I find it hard to judge. Thee are so many > variables: the shape and intensity of the background, the distance > between subject and background, even the condition and cleanliness of > the front element. It all makes valid comparisons extremely difficult. > Paul > On Sep 3, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > >>Note that lens abberations are often an indicator of Good Bokeh, for >>which the 85mm f1.2L is well known. Both the 77mm Limited and FA* 85mm >>f1.4 are much better generalist lenses than the Canon 85L, but the >>Canon >>is their equal for portrait work. Canon's generalist 85 is the 1.8, >>which is much better on distortion than the L, as well as being >>lighter, >>much cheaper and faster focusing. >> >>-Adam >> >> >>Peter Fairweather wrote: >> >>>I wouldn't dream of suggesting that editors are affected by the >>>possibility of upsetting major advertisers. However I haven't seen >>>another magazine as critical of the EFs 60mm Canon. >>> >>>Lots of people here like the Tamron. There are even a few of us ( not >>>called Godfrey!)have owned decent Sigma lenses so neither of those >>>results surprise me. >>> >>>The French magazine Chasseur D'Image shows photographs of a >>>rectilinear grid when they test lenses. I've always found this useful >>>as a way of seeing distortion. The super new F1.2 85mm Canon L was a >>>lot less impressive than the Pentax 77mm or the FA* 85mm F1.4. >>>both of >>>which you could have for the same price as one of the Canon's. >>>However >>>how many of us regularly take pictures of graph paper!! >>> >>>Peter >>> >>> >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
