Bokeh Monster Thread

[pinholecam]

Really nice to see the bokeh shots from pinholecam classic Canon 55mm f/1.2. The swirl & bokeh blur is just wonderful.

The bokeh from oceanpriest shot is just out of this world. Awesome swirls.

I'll be signing off for this week. So there will be no more postings from me till I am back to Sg.

Take care man!
By the time you get back, I think you will need to go thru quite a few pages.

 

[pinholecam]

Canon FD55/1.2

 

[ngwmk]

Wow pinholecam... beautiful bokeh there. Love it.

 

[eawtan]

Uncoated CZJ Tessar .

 

[Thoth]

MC Rokkor 58/1.2

 

[Thoth]

Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 Pre ASPH

 

[Zeisser]

Behind the scene of an MTV shoot with 5D + Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar F4 200mm @ AE f4 ISO400

 

[Shizuma]

super like the Cheong Sum in black and white from Thoth. very retro feel

 

[Thoth]

super like the Cheong Sum in black and white from Thoth. very retro feel

Tks Shizuma. One of my fav shots too.

 

[Shizuma]

I'm wondering if anyone here has seen or used the bokeh monster Minolta 135/2.8 STF. apparently its able to do really gentle bokeh

 

[Thoth]

I'm wondering if anyone here has seen or used the bokeh monster Minolta 135/2.8 STF. apparently its able to do really gentle bokeh

Sony rebadged it. Now is call STF.

 

[Thoth]

Shizuma, this is from the rebadged Sony STF 135/2.8...

 

[Shizuma]

monstrous! 5 star bokeh!

 

[Thoth]

monstrous! 5 star bokeh!

Just adapt it on a dumb LAEA3 adaptor if u using A7/R n manual focus. U do lose 2 stops of light if I rem correctly.

 

[Shizuma]

monstrous! 5 star bokeh!

 

[pinholecam]

DSC0520420140308ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr
Helios 44.

Subjective bokeh, but its always interesting to me

 

[zeehamzah]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/29329237@N07/13748527625/ DSC0520420140308ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr Helios 44. Subjective bokeh, but its always interesting to me

Nice one pinholecam!
Btw, did you do any color correction etc?

The color from my Helios is very very low in saturation. :/

 

[pinholecam]

Nice one pinholecam!
Btw, did you do any color correction etc?

The color from my Helios is very very low in saturation. :/

Thanks.
I did not do much.
Its the usual levels, and iirc a +5 to vibrance
I've not had low saturation images from the Helios at all, maybe poorer flare resistance if shot in the direction of light, but thats all.
Copy variations are very large on the Russian lenses, so it can be copy variation too.

Here's something else shot some time ago with the Helios44.

DSC0344320140130ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr
No lack of saturation at all

 

[zeehamzah]

Thanks. I did not do much. Its the usual levels, and iirc a +5 to vibrance I've not had low saturation images from the Helios at all, maybe poorer flare resistance if shot in the direction of light, but thats all. Copy variations are very large on the Russian lenses, so it can be copy variation too. Here's something else shot some time ago with the Helios44. https://www.flickr.com/photos/29329237@N07/12233542433/ DSC0344320140130ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr No lack of saturation at all

Sweet!!
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Thoth]

Canon 50mm f/0.95 LTM on Sony A7 wide open