Jeff,
Thanks for the info on the ebay seller. He has a lot of OM lenses new in the
box, so that combined with his ebay name made me think it was Olympus
selling the stuff.
Good guess on the aperture used for that photo, I believe it was 5.6. I
didn't go wider open because I wanted the woman's face and the button she
had on her shirt to be all in focus while leaving the background blurred. I
was afraid I'd lose the button or part of her head (I focused on her eyes)
with a wider aperture. The 50 f1.8 is pretty ugly wider too. I have a lot
light shot done at 2.8 that has awful bokeh, but the lens does have the
virtue of being extremely sharp even at f2.8.
--
Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com
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On 4/12/07 2:12 PM, "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> yaBe olympususa is NOT Olympus America. Olympus America does sell
> things on yaBe using the ID olympusauctions. The olympususa ID and
> pentaxamerica ID are owned by Alex. He buys a lot of OM equipment
> using the pentaxamerica ID and sells it using the olympususa ID. At
> one time the gear seemed to go through a remarkable rejuvenation
> process before being resold.
>
> I don't have personal experience with the bokeh of the 1.2 lenses but
> I believe a few years back their were a number of posts where the
> users weren't especially happy with the bokeh. I think the Canon(?) or
> Leica(?) 50mm f1.0 was also pointed out as having less desirable
> bokeh.
>
> Your phot looks like it was taken at f5.6? Have you made an effort to
> shoot more open?
>
> Most people like the bokeh of the 90mm macros (almost any brand).
>
> Good luck,
> -jeff
>
>
> On 4/12/07, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I've got a couple "Made in Japan" 50mm f1.8 lenses and hate them because of
>> their harsh, ugly Bokeh, as in this example:
>>
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/antiwar/photopages/annivers
>> ary3.htm
>>
>> I've heard that the 50 and 55mm f1.2 lenses were better in that respect. Has
>> anyone used them? I'm not likely to use the lens wide open, mostly I'd be
>> using it outdoors like the portrait example shown, at f4 or f5.6. I see
>> Olympus America has a 55 f1.2 on ebay for $350 and would consider buying it
>> if it would solve my problem.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Chris Crawford
>
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