I agree with your assessment of the variation with the variables you
state. When I am striving for that type of bokeh, it is usually
close-up, so I am shooting close and at maximum extension. Then, since
f/4 is all it's got, that is often what I use. With other lenses, I
often compromise at f/5.6, to get adequate DoF while still looking for
some luck at bokeh.
Thanks for your comments.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 8/10/2015 5:57 PM, Moose wrote:
On 8/10/2015 1:59 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Moose,
Is this image, using the ZD 14-54 at 54mm and f/4, similar to what
you are striving for?
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Clearwing+742.tif.html
Yes, that's pretty good bokeh by my standards!
Before you get too excited about that lens as a, as AG puts it, "bokeh
monster", you should know that bokeh varies with both subject and
background distances and, in zooms, with focal length.
Take a shot of something, then move closer or further away, with the
same background at the same distance, and the bokeh is often
different, sometimes a lot different.
AG and I have kicked this around many times, with various others
occasionally chiming in, and I believe the above is accurate as a
generalization.
There have been quite a few lenses touted here as having great bokeh.
Often, my own experience with the same lens is different.
And my idea of great bokeh isn't everyone's. :-)
Bouque Moose
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