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German bokeh beauty - Brightcolours - 06-10-2014 http://www.handevision.de/en/lenses/40-mm-0-85/ Nom the highlights are not the nicest. But the rest of the bokeh looks pretty nice... German bokeh beauty - Rainer - 06-10-2014 Given the pricetag they put on this lens, and given this is just a manual focus and manual aperture lens and also regarding the very high weight, I ask myself why one would chose this lens over a VF + 50/1.4 or 85/1.8 just my 2cts...Rainer German bokeh beauty - Brightcolours - 06-10-2014 Quote:Given the pricetag they put on this lens, and given thisThree reasons I can think of.
But that is just me, others may find this lens super interesting, and I will respect that. I like how it renders the images. German bokeh beauty - Rainer - 06-10-2014 Quote: Well ... obviously this is a quite personal matter of taste ... To #1 ... I don't think, the sample images in the linked page are enough to judge this leses bokeh .... and personally I also don's see so far it is any better than a Canon 85/1.8. To #2 ... well how near is "good enough"? ... photography is about the exact millimeter of focal length for some of us ... for others it is not. To #3 ... If you compare the Canon 85/1.2 @ 1.4 and the Sigma 85/1.4 @ 1.4 you would expect a very similar bokeh ... but (whereever it comes from) ... the bokeh of the Canon is significantly smoother. So, the comparsion of pure number might just not be good enough. Ok ... thats all to this topic from my side ... I'm out ... Rainer German bokeh beauty - davidmanze - 06-10-2014 Looks of course absolutely beautifully constructed and very lovely images, I couldn't find the price, I would like to know how much money I've saved by not buying one! German bokeh beauty - Brightcolours - 06-11-2014 Quote:Well ... obviously this is a quite personal matter of taste ...The Canon EF 85mm f1.2 L USM (II) does not have particularly smooth bokeh. The odd thing is, that it has way more blur than the Sigma. The Sigma 85mm f1.4 is way closer to the Canon EF 85mm f1.8 USM blur wise, than the Sigma figure (f1.4) would suggest. German bokeh beauty - Brightcolours - 06-11-2014 Quote: Looks of course absolutely beautifully constructed and very lovely images, I couldn't find the price, I would like to know how much money I've saved by not buying one!Quite a lot you have saved: recommended retail price of 1799 € German bokeh beauty - Studor13 - 06-11-2014 We've probably reached a point of diminishing returns. It looks like a nice lens but I have doubts that I will ever upgrade my Nikkor 105mm f2 DC which I paid 700 eur for to get "better" bokeh. As a side note, even the 300 eur 50mm AFS f1.4 has pleasant enough bokeh. Don't get what you mean by "One can't get a similar FOV with 50mm". Are you serious? I mean, how many people can tell the difference between 64m and 50mm? And on a D800 I can put it into 1.3 crop which is pretty close to 64mm or thereabouts. German bokeh beauty - Brightcolours - 06-11-2014 Quote:We've probably reached a point of diminishing returns.The 50mm f1.4 does not have pleasant bokeh. Yes, i am serious. I am talking from a photographers view point, not a "i don't know the scene so i can't tell the FOV exactly" audience standpoint. German bokeh beauty - youpii - 06-11-2014 Quote:Three reasons I can think of. There are a few vintage 55/1.2 & 58/1.2 that offer similar FOV & DOF and are built like rocks. I have a Minolta MC 58/1.2 that costed me around 300€ and is much smaller. |