08-18-2014, 08:43 PM
Quote:Maybe not how bokeh works - but this Nikkor does it that way. At least, it's softness wide open will not make the bokeh look harsh or nervous. More blurred..Nonsense, the Nikkor does not do it " that way". It is not THAT soft, you have to "pixel peep" to see its not sharp. Has no influence on the bokeh.
The other way around may be true, that how they caused the background bokeh to be smooth in s simple way caused that the in focus plane is not very sharp. But only real lens designers who can do measurements on the different lens elements of this lens can tell if that is the case.