that one looks like the bokeh has field curvature problems but it doesnt have this ugly double image effect seen in my 85mm M2.0 lens sample photo. Neither one looks good. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 12:31 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: M85mm f2.0 bokeh On 28/04/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The photo I posted in the beginning of the > thread shows a weird almost double image > type bokeh that I called bad: > > http://www.jchriso.com/temp/85MM01.jpg > > That does not look "good" to me > by any standards. If this is subjective, > what example would you provide > as "bad"? ( I already excluded mirror > lenses from the thread, we all know > those are a special unusual case ). My old Nikkor 50/1.4 had "bad" bokeh wide open particularly when subjects were backlit due to it's hard edge rendering of OOF elements: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/BigVdub/bw0503.jpg -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

