[Ira]

I've already posted it in another thread but it fits well to this one too.

Pentax PENTAX K20D,Leitz 90mm f/2 Summicron-R
1/400s f/2 at 90.0mm iso200

My bad:

My firewall must be blocking this image.

[wowtip]

You'll find it can almost be nauseatingly so...

But at close range, the 44 is smooth as butter... 44-2 in this shot.

[Ira]

But at close range, the 44 is smooth as butter... 44-2 in this shot.

I guess it depends on the what it's in the background and distance to background, because I was real close with that vodka bottle and it looks like The Twilight Zone.

[Pentaxor]

Rokinon 85/1.4

outstanding bokeh, IMO. very buttery smooth and dreamy.

[GregK8]

The DA* 16-50 is pretty nice. These are from my backyard tonight.

So how do I get these images one above the other. I've never had this happen before, where the pics upload next to each other.

[Lloydy]

DA 50-135

[jackassp]

Not artistic, just designed to show some bokeh from DA 70 Limited (F2.4 1/50 ISO 800 with fill-in flash)



The DA* 16-50 produces nice bokeh as well. This shot at F4



Cheers, John

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Last edited by jackassp; 08-03-2010 at 10:05 PM. Reason: added an image

[wowtip]

Camera Model: PENTAX K20D
Lens: A Series Lens
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/3.2
Exposure Time: 0.0016 s (1/640)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: -1.00 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No

[Schmidlapper]

Some from my good-ole cheapies mounted to a K200D.

A50/1.7


Sigma 70-300/4-5.6 DG Macro This thing makes a dreamy bokeh.


Vivitar 28/2.8 close focus (K06 variant)


M100/2.8

[georgweb]

FWIW I really see something good happening in GregK8's #2 shot and in John/jackassp's #2. Both are from the 16-50, nice.


CZJ Tessar 4.5/40 @ ca.f/11 on K100D (will try to get rid of the color clipping and repost)

[icarus]

Here's one from the DA35. It produces some fantastic bokeh, but I have a soft spot for my A50 1.7. For the $75 i spent on it, it truly is magnificent.

[Piotr]

My walkaround long manual zoom at f4 gives nice bokeh at close distance.


Pentax PENTAX K20D,Leica Vario-Elmar-R 1:4/80-200
1/400s f/4 at 200.0mm iso125


Pentax PENTAX K20D,Leica Vario-Elmar-R 1:4/80-200
1/500s f/4 at 200.0mm iso100

[m42man]

Apologies if I'm repeating a link, but this seems to be a good attempt to do some pretty objective comparative testing for bokeh:

Bokeh Test

I really do believe that objective comparisons are necessary for something as elusive as bokeh, because it's so easy to get the impression of good bokeh by having a forgiving background (and distance thereof).

For instance, I can get even a Helios 44m to provide some nice soft-looking background, given the right circumstances. In fact, it's sometimes difficult to induce "bad" bokeh.

[mickey]

SMC Pentax 50mm F1.4 on K10D.
Mounted on a tripod.
f1.4

[GregK8]

DA 55-300 @ f/5.8, 1/250 sec, ISO 1600 and at full reach.

I was surprised myself.