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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2015, 00:34:03 »
Hi Fanie!

Here are the files promised, enjoy comparsion, names are speaking (both on the D600):

http://ZENTRALKRAFT.COM/ed20_50ai_OBF_0567_v1.jpg

http://ZENTRALKRAFT.COM/ed18_50g_OBF_0571_v1.jpg

I feel both are very much in the same league very similar in rendering.

Frank
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2015, 14:40:32 »
The 50/2 seems slightly warmer.
The 50/1.8G shows much less outlining of shiny OOF blobs.
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2015, 15:49:08 »
The blobs of the AI 50mm f=2 look more egg shaped
The blobs of the AFS 50mm f=1,8 look more like pistaccios
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2015, 08:52:50 »
Quote from: Frank Fremerey on June 18, 2015, 00:34:03
Hi Fanie!

Here are the files promised, enjoy comparsion, names are speaking (both on the D600):

http://ZENTRALKRAFT.COM/ed20_50ai_OBF_0567_v1.jpg

http://ZENTRALKRAFT.COM/ed18_50g_OBF_0571_v1.jpg

I feel both are very much in the same league very similar in rendering.

Frank

Thank you Frank, the highlight rendering of the 50G is much more pleasing in this comparison.
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2015, 14:23:10 »
In the absence of any Noct (old or new), the 50/1.8G is probably my best standard lens for night shots - better than the Voigtländer 58/1.4, better than the 50/1.2 (these two being OK for low light, not for night shots, issues being lower contrast and smudgy highlights).
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2015, 15:25:42 »
I sold my 1.4/50G on Ebay and got a new 1.8/50G instead plus 90 Euros for Film :P

The 1.8 is much better at any aperture.
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2015, 08:43:29 »
going through images of 50mm f/2
bokeh?

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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2015, 09:02:29 »
or 58mm f/1.4g


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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2015, 09:09:45 »
or 50mm/1.2
where i like the bubbles

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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2015, 09:37:50 »
The 50mm f/1.8G wins hands down over the 50mm f/2 AI/pre-AI in background rendering at f/2, but the latter has better mikro-contrast at longer distance (perhaps over-compensation for spherical aberration).

I made a lab-comparison of background rendering some time ago, also including the 55mm f/3.5 micro, which also comes out pretty well in background rendering.
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #25 on: June 30, 2015, 10:47:57 »
Indeed the 55mm 3.5 can produce nice BG :)
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2015, 10:01:52 »
bokeh on the 55mm f/3.5 pc-auto micro-nikkor 1973-1975 multicoated one

hm?

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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #27 on: July 03, 2015, 11:49:05 »
Quote from: Fons Baerken on June 30, 2015, 08:43:29
going through images of 50mm f/2
bokeh?

Painterly. The 50/1.4 C further exaggerates this behaviour.
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #28 on: July 07, 2015, 12:54:56 »
Quote from: Fons Baerken on July 01, 2015, 10:01:52
bokeh on the 55mm f/3.5 pc-auto micro-nikkor 1973-1975 multicoated one

hm?



This is how the bokeh from 55 3.5 should look like:

http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=666.new#new
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Re: Strange bokeh from 50mm f2
« Reply #29 on: July 08, 2015, 08:48:03 »
Quote from: Fons Baerken on June 30, 2015, 09:09:45
or 50mm/1.2
where i like the bubbles

Champagne to my eyes.
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