Strange bokeh from 50mm f2

[Frank Fremerey]

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

[Airy]

The 50/2 seems slightly warmer.
The 50/1.8G shows much less outlining of shiny OOF blobs.

[Frank Fremerey]

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

[Fanie]

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.

[Airy]

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).

[Frank Fremerey]

I sold my 1.4/50G on Ebay and got a new 1.8/50G instead plus 90 Euros for Film

The 1.8 is much better at any aperture.

[Fons Baerken]

going through images of 50mm f/2
bokeh?

[Fons Baerken]

or 58mm f/1.4g

[Fons Baerken]

or 50mm/1.2
where i like the bubbles

[Øivind Tøien]

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.

[Erik Lund]

Indeed the 55mm 3.5 can produce nice BG

[Fons Baerken]

bokeh on the 55mm f/3.5 pc-auto micro-nikkor 1973-1975 multicoated one

hm?

[Airy]

going through images of 50mm f/2
bokeh?

Painterly. The 50/1.4 C further exaggerates this behaviour.

[Erik Lund]

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

[Airy]

or 50mm/1.2
where i like the bubbles

Champagne to my eyes.