Thanks Olafo, and for the others who got the dread "404", the site is
finally back up (finally)!
-- John
At 09:05 4/18/00 , you wrote:
>Hi John,
>
>These are great examples of good bokeh pictures, especially in the second
>picture it's very noticeable that the background has all sorts of
>colours/variety, yet because of the heavy (and smooth!) blurring of the
>background, and the tack sharp eyes of the dog, the background is not too
>distracting, and your eye immediately gets drawn to the dog.
>
>This confirms what I already expected about the 135/2.8: a very nice and
>sharp lens, lightweight yet fast and with very nice bokeh; I think this is
>like the "OM-40 amongst the Zuiko lenses": great value for money, and often
>heavily underrated. I shall make a point of using mine more often, if only I
>can force myself to, for once, leave the 100/2 at home :)
>
>BTW: The composition in the pictures (especially the first one) is very nice
>too, great dog portraits! However, if I'd pick up on your suggestion I'd
>have to buy Gioconda a dog first before I can start introducing yet more
>gear... Hmmm, I'll stick with the "shoes tactic" for now, besides, it'll be
>a while until I need the next fix, the recently acquired package should keep
>me satisfied, for a while at least...:)))
>
>Cheers!
>Olafo
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