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 08/25/2005 08:11:16 PM · #1
Just got my 136mm 1.2 or at least on my 20D it is. 85mm 1.2 for FF.

Here are some quick samples I just shot @ 1.2 testing the lens.

Media sign
wire grate

Message edited by author 2005-08-25 20:15:34.
 08/25/2005 08:12:49 PM · #2
Smooth.
 08/25/2005 08:13:37 PM · #3
$$$$$$$$MeTho$$$$$$$
 08/25/2005 08:15:51 PM · #4
Originally posted by pitsaman:
$$$$$$$$MeTho$$$$$$$


I wish... :D
 08/25/2005 09:18:28 PM · #5
Smooth, like buttah.
 08/25/2005 09:19:53 PM · #6
Nice shots....what was the cost of that Thangggg? If you don't mind me asking..

KS
08/25/2005 09:21:59 PM · #7
Originally posted by kenskid:
Nice shots....what was the cost of that Thangggg? If you don't mind me asking..

KS

On B&H...
 08/25/2005 09:22:18 PM · #8
This thing is mint. It looks like it was never used. It cost me $1350 with shipping.
 08/25/2005 09:25:31 PM · #9
Did anyone else notice the crazy amount of CA on that 2nd image?
 08/25/2005 09:26:47 PM · #10
Is just me, or is there some very noticeable "CA--IE Purple Fringing" on the Wired Gate shot?
 08/25/2005 09:28:23 PM · #11
Welcome to the 85mm/1.2 club MeThoS!

08/25/2005 09:28:56 PM · #12
Originally posted by buzzrock:
Is just me, or is there some very noticeable "CA--IE Purple Fringing" on the Wired Gate shot?


Yep, there is a ton. Use a action script to remove it.
08/25/2005 09:54:38 PM · #13
Need to shoot some rulers next ;)

08/25/2005 10:01:01 PM · #14
this is the closest ive come to shooting something like that.. but i have the regular lens the camera came with. i didnt know it had a name.

08/25/2005 10:01:58 PM · #15
edit: i read it wrong... I didn't understand it was converted to 136mm because of the 1.6x crop...

FYI: those are examples of narrow DOF not Bokeh.

Message edited by author 2005-08-25 22:02:42.
 08/25/2005 10:03:48 PM · #16
Tree frog: That is a very hard image to look at. It gives me a headache and appears to shake on my screen.



Message edited by author 2005-08-25 22:05:29.
 08/25/2005 10:08:04 PM · #17
Originally posted by kyebosh:
FYI: those are examples of narrow DOF not Bokeh.


I agree.

I often wonder about the term bokeh and what exactly it is. I mean I know what people think it is and have read about it quite a bit. But I still think some drunk photographer was questioned on his photos one day and how crappy they were and he said "No, that is bokeh. Don't you know anything?"
 08/25/2005 10:27:41 PM · #18
I always understood Bokeh to be the way light appears in the background. Good Bokeh being soft edges around light and not harsh borders of light. If that makes sense.

Anyone, if I'm wrong feel free to correct me.
 08/25/2005 10:32:07 PM · #19
Originally posted by kyebosh:
edit: i read it wrong... I didn't understand it was converted to 136mm because of the 1.6x crop...

FYI: those are examples of narrow DOF not Bokeh.


My understanding is that bokeh refers to the quality of the "out of focus" areas. So shallow DOF is showing off bokeh. The grate is 100% crop of the raw file...
 08/25/2005 10:35:34 PM · #20
Bokeh is good when you have an out of focus background, causing circles of confusion!
 08/25/2005 10:58:01 PM · #21
Originally posted by jmlelii:
Bokeh is good when you have an out of focus background, causing circles of confusion!


That's confusing.

So we haven't had one of these debates since the last Bokeh challenge.

Quick definition from Ansers.com below.

BOKEH

By the way, bokeh is subjective. It is only good when it looks good.
08/27/2005 12:54:54 AM · #22
Originally posted by Alienyst:
Tree frog: That is a very hard image to look at. It gives me a headache and appears to shake on my screen.


is that good or bad? i guess if the picture is hard to look at its bad.. hmmm..i will make note of that.
 08/27/2005 01:01:22 AM · #23
Originally posted by behindthescenes:
Originally posted by Alienyst:
Tree frog: That is a very hard image to look at. It gives me a headache and appears to shake on my screen.


is that good or bad? i guess if the picture is hard to look at its bad.. hmmm..i will make note of that.


You have to careful how you use shallow DOF. The image is hard to look at and the OOF foregound grabs your eye and leads you below and past the frog to the OOF background. Your eye does go to the frog because it is in focus, but it keeps being drawn back to the foreground which gives the illusion of being in motion.
 08/27/2005 01:07:49 AM · #24
Originally posted by MeThoS:
Originally posted by kyebosh:
edit: i read it wrong... I didn't understand it was converted to 136mm because of the 1.6x crop...

FYI: those are examples of narrow DOF not Bokeh.


My understanding is that bokeh refers to the quality of the "out of focus" areas. So shallow DOF is showing off bokeh. The grate is 100% crop of the raw file...

bokeh refers specifically to OOF points of lights. These usually show up as circles in pleasing bokeh but can also show up as pentagons, octagons, or even donuts. It's one of the most commonly missused terms. It's just one of the things that irks me... :-/

//www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm

Message edited by author 2005-08-27 01:09:02.
 08/27/2005 01:47:48 AM · #25
Originally posted by kyebosh:


bokeh refers specifically to OOF points of lights. These usually show up as circles in pleasing bokeh but can also show up as pentagons, octagons, or even donuts. It's one of the most commonly missused terms. It's just one of the things that irks me... :-/

//www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm



Your going by what Ken Rockwell says? Well if when saying points of light you mean that everthing that registers on a sensor is made of light then perhaps that would be one way of putting it and perhaps that is what he is saying.

Originally posted by Ken Rockwell:

WHAT IS BOKEH ? It describes the appearance or "feel" of out-of-focus backgrounds and foregrounds.


Simply put, the word bokeh is a transliteration of a Japanese word for "blur" - describing the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image.
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