![]() ![]() While there are other lenses that certainly will do these things, don't discount the telephoto lenses. So with this lens, if the point-source is in focus, you get stars - if it is out of focus, you get bokeh. The lens diaphragm itself created the star effect.Īnd the photo is enlarged to show the star effect: This photo was taken au-naturale, that is, no star filter or star effect. Nikon AF S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G Fixed Lens A great prime lens for portraits Excellent images and good bokeh make this a good portrait lens 379. While what makes good bokeh is subjective, soft edges is normally considered a good thing.Īnd in addition to great bokeh, the lens has a 9-blade diaphragm, and creates natural stars. Notice all of the light edges are smooth, and none of them have sharp edges. This photo was taken at night, and it was enlarged to show the smooth transitions in the light points. Hollywood requires point-source or reflected light. This makes for great portraiture, and some professional portraiture photographers have gone to 70-200mm f/2.8 or 80-200mm f/2.8 lenses for that reason. In this photo, the green background is the ground, just a few feet away. depth of field and background blur and simulates it on a photo for any lens, camera and distance combination with different types of lens blur (bokeh). Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5 5.6G ED VR Best All-Around Zoom Lens for Nikon D6. I have a Nikon AF 80-200mm f/2.8, and when setup correctly gives outstanding bokeh. Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR Best Wide-Angle To Near-Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon D6 (My Favorite) Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR Best Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon D6. Share your images too please.Bokeh is a combination of technique and lens. If so let me know what lens(es) you have in the comments below as I’m looking to try out even more. Have you ever mounted older lenses with your DLSR camera? Its up there with the best of the best lenses in terms of bokeh. The glass creates very unique images and I can’t wait to pick up my next one. They dont call the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G the cream machine for nothing. ![]() I’ve had such a great time with this lens that I’m going to purchase more manual focus primes. The first of many manual focus prime lenses Even at very small apertures, it tops out at f/16, the lens puts out beautiful images. The Helios 44-2 lens is fast with the f/2 aperture, weighs next to nothing, and was incredibly inexpensive at less than $50 including shipping. I’m really in love with this Helios 44-2 lens. Success! Apparently you need a pretty good distance in the background so the little light spots and details can register into that swirl shape. I aimed up at a birdhouse about 8 feet away, which conveniently had a cute little toad in the lower peep hole and took the shot. It seems that you need some decent distance from your subject, and you need some background that can fall into swirly bokeh in the distance. Meet the Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 LensĬan you start to see the swirl shape in the background? This photo showed me I’m getting closer. Well, this “defect” looked really cool to me and I wanted to incorporate it into my lens collection. I did some quick digging and found out this was called “swirly bokeh” and certain vintage lenses created this effect through a manufacturing defect. It was awesome and unlike anything I had ever seen! I was looking through photos on Flickr and noticed a few images in which the bokeh appeared to be swirling in a circular pattern. I really enjoy having big apertures available for low light so I started looking for another prime lens. It’s a great lens but after taking it out a few times, I concluded it wasn’t for me. The 24-70mm and adapter are super heavy and ridiculously front-heavy. The 55mm shoots like a dream and is insanely light-weight. I started off with a Sony 55mm f/1.8 and a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens that requires a Sony adapter. You can see how I used it in my last article: when to trick your camera for the perfect exposure. ![]() A friend convinced me that having small-form, full frame camera would be an entire different way of shooting. I recently bought a Sony A7 to compliment my Canon 6D DSLR. ![]()
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