Photato
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Re: About that Bokeh... (PICS)
Marco Nero wrote:
Photato wrote:
The sharpness looks good but unfortunately the Bokeh is some shots looks messy, like in the first sample and some others.
Local gardens on my street. I was able to blow the background out much more than this by getting closer to the flower ...but this shot was visually more interesting to me.
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It's interesting to see what people's thoughts are on this new lens. You're welcome to dissect any images that I post because that's why I posted them. Everyone's opinion is welcome and valid. What do you find "messy" about the bokeh in the image above? I'm genuinely curious as to what your thoughts are here because that first image has very smooth bokeh. Remember that this is an f/1.4 lens with a 32mm (51mm equiv) lens which isn't really going to be pushing bokeh as far as other bright lenses are capable of. But this is a fairly extreme example of a diffused background. Bokeh balls are just one aspect of Bokeh and aren't necessary required in an image in order to claim bokeh status.
I think it has to do with this lens not having rounded blades but instead a 7 blade diaphragm, an heptagon aperture. Similar to EF- M-22mm lens 7 blades.
Ironically, some smartphones have better bokeh than this given the perfectly rounded edge aperture (a simple metal ring with no moving parts).
I guess for the intended market this 32mm lens is not bad, every other aspects like vignetting, sharpness and chromatic aberrations seem to be very good though.
But the bokeh is meh. IMO