Originally posted by rfortson Great examples, Abbazz! I haven't really studied bokeh that much, but seeing examples side by side really illustrates it well.
Personally, I don't really find bokeh "good" or "bad". It just "is". Even the donut bokeh doesn't really bother me, though I guess it could distract from certain pictures.
Thanks Russ.
I agree concerning the bokeh. I shoot a lot of pictures with old 3, 4 or 5 element lenses. The bokeh, especially for close-ups is always weird:
Mamiya Sekor 3.5/75mm on Mamiya 6 Automat 2 Zeiss Opton Tessar 3.5/105mm on Super Ikonta 531/2 Zeiss Opton Tessar 3.5/105mm on Super Ikonta 531/2
If you ask the advice of "bokeh connoisseurs" regarding the above pictures, they will tell you that this is ugly bokeh. Maybe, but I find that it adds character to the pictures, therefore I like it. Some kind of an old fashioned
je-ne-sais-quoi that helps my pictures stand out from the crowd.
Cheers,
Abbazz