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What you are right about that often, when a lens shows less desirable background bokeh, it may do better with foreground bokeh. good example, in my view, is the Nikon 85mm f1.4 G, actually. Very smooth foreground bokeh.



But, alas, what usually is valued as much more important is background bokeh. simply because most photos have a background, and foreground subjects tend to blur more anyway.



You point out that different distances make for different blur, of course it does. But the amount of blur is NOT what smooth bokeh is about. It is about smooth transitions between different elements, structures and colours.



You do also not have to be a fanboy of any brand to see what the bokeh of the old and new 50mm f1.4 from Nikon is like.

I just look at images, and I convey the impression I get. Nothing more, nothing less. That some Nikon owners have huge problems with that, I can not change.

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I fully agree. You might be interested in my article on bokeh: http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/bokeh/index.html



Could you show comparison of out of focus highlights of the 85/1.4 G (both foreground and background)? Like I do in the article with the Sigma 50/1.4.

That would be interesting.