The harshness or smoothness of the bokeh -- or out of focus elements -- is dependent on much more than the lens and the way it renders things. How distant they are from the camera determines their rendering more than any other element. The lighting is critical as well. Paul Stenquist
Paul Jones wrote: > > Hi, > > I borrowed an A75/2.8 off a friend 12months or so ago and noted that bokeh > was quite harsh, i now own the FA75/2.8 and have not noted the same problem. > Also the FA75/2.8 seems significantly sharper than both the A75/2.8 and > A75/2.8LS. > > Regards, > Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gfen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:02 PM > Subject: Re: If You had to pick one lens . . . > > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Dan Scott wrote: > > > > Something I'm not happy wiht is the awful bokeh I've seen thus far > > > > from my > > > > 645 A75/2.8 > > > Like what gfen? Examples, please. > > > > Perhaps I don't know good bokeh, since I'm not sure if anyone is actually > > capable of truly describing it, BUT... > > > > My 75/2.8 makes evyerthing look so jarring and spotty, where as most of my > > other lenses used (especially the 35 A50/1,4) give out such smooth, > > perfectly blurred backfgrounds.. > > > > I'm not happy with the 75, at all. At least, not yet. > > > > Tkane with the 645 A75/2.8.. a prime example of what I'm referring too.. > > this is about at minimum forcus distance, and wide open.. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1077324 > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1001732 > > With the 35 A50/1.4, wide open at minimum focus distance. > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=600414 > > With a Quantaray (!) 70-300/4-5.6. Its at 300, more or less minimum > > distance, and again, its nice and smooth out of focus areas, but not quite > > as extreme as the above. > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your > eye. > > http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio. > >
