egproductions
11-13-2007, 06:08 PM
I don't know how familiar the term bokeh is to most (for those who don't know it is the aesthetic quality of the out of focus areas a lens produces)
I wanted to know which L series lenses had the nicest bokeh. My most useful lenses I rent out are the 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8 IS. They are sharp good contrast and fast but the bokeh has something to be desired. I can't seem to make my out of focus highlights appear as defined hexagons/octagons unless I stop it down a lot. I tried out the 50 f1.0 and the bokeh is very odd. It seems to turn things towards the edge of the frame into triangles and to hexagons towards the center which creates this weird distorted look that looks like motion blur but it isn't (see example below.) I do have one lens that is good for this, it is a 50 f2.0 but its a Pentax-k lens and because I am using an EOS adapter I loose my ability to focus well with it. I know I might not find the best bokeh in a zoom lens but what about primes which ones are good?
http://eden.rutgers.edu/~egabor/Wedding/images/_MG_0912.jpg
I wanted to know which L series lenses had the nicest bokeh. My most useful lenses I rent out are the 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8 IS. They are sharp good contrast and fast but the bokeh has something to be desired. I can't seem to make my out of focus highlights appear as defined hexagons/octagons unless I stop it down a lot. I tried out the 50 f1.0 and the bokeh is very odd. It seems to turn things towards the edge of the frame into triangles and to hexagons towards the center which creates this weird distorted look that looks like motion blur but it isn't (see example below.) I do have one lens that is good for this, it is a 50 f2.0 but its a Pentax-k lens and because I am using an EOS adapter I loose my ability to focus well with it. I know I might not find the best bokeh in a zoom lens but what about primes which ones are good?
http://eden.rutgers.edu/~egabor/Wedding/images/_MG_0912.jpg