Super shallow Dof and bokeh just a fad?

[robbins.photo]

.... and chase some other Pet rock!

How does one chase a Pet Rock ??

Very slowly. It's good for us older folks I guess.. lol.

 

[pgriz]

Well, that's the horse you want to be riding at night. Not too sure what you'd do if you saw one coming at you down the trail.

 

[gsgary]

Sony A7 with Voigtlander close focus adapter and Voigtlander 50F1.5 gives you a tiny DOF

 

[photoguy99]

Can we just rename TPF to TGF?

 

[qleak]

One aspect that influences the quality of the bokeh is the number of leafs in the iris of the lens. ...more leaves translate to softer rounder, blurred. The primary 'cause' is DOF, which is a function of aperture.

Why not abandon the iris aperture altogether and get a perfectly circular lens with waterhouse stops?

There are people selling a redesigned Petzval lens at $600-$700 !! This seems outrageously expensive to me for a lens that was originally designed in 1840!

 

[runnah]

One aspect that influences the quality of the bokeh is the number of leafs in the iris of the lens. ...more leaves translate to softer rounder, blurred. The primary 'cause' is DOF, which is a function of aperture.

Why not abandon the iris aperture altogether and get a perfectly circular lens with waterhouse stops?

There are people selling a redesigned Petzval lens at $600-$700 !! This seems outrageously expensive to me for a lens that was originally designed in 1840!

Heck, how about not only fixed focal lengths but fixed apertures as well?

 

[pixmedic]

One aspect that influences the quality of the bokeh is the number of leafs in the iris of the lens. ...more leaves translate to softer rounder, blurred. The primary 'cause' is DOF, which is a function of aperture.

Why not abandon the iris aperture altogether and get a perfectly circular lens with waterhouse stops?

There are people selling a redesigned Petzval lens at $600-$700 !! This seems outrageously expensive to me for a lens that was originally designed in 1840!

Heck, how about not only fixed focal lengths but fixed apertures as well?

the lenses for my pentax 110 super were like that.
18mm, 28mm, 50mm, and 70mm at a fixed f/2.8
I also had the one zoom lens for it, 20-40mm also fixed at f/2.8

 

[Ilovemycam]

I realize that shallow DOF has been and always will be a crucial part of Photography but it seems as if late that it's become so prevalent that it's almost becoming underwhelming. Portraits are the worst offenders as if they don't have a super bokeh background people aren't happy. It's as if people don't shoot above f/2.8 anymore.

While I enjoy a nice creamy background as much as the next person I also think that it should be used sparingly otherwise the effect is lost.

In the old days lots of bokeh was out normal way since we had such slow films. If your trying to get the film look bokeh is an important component. Digital is too sharp and plastic looking.

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I see lots of bokeh crap with the Leica Noctulux boys. They say look at my boekh! (Nothing else there. )

 

[JTPhotography]

Here ya go, nice bokeh and color isolation all in one photo. Hope this doesn't give anyone cardiac problems. )))

 

[pixmedic]

ya know, i actually kinda like it JT.

 

[JTPhotography]

Thanks, me too, I stepped out of my comfort zone and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[pixmedic]

Thanks, me too, I stepped out of my comfort zone and was pleasantly surprised.

done that a few times in my younger years.

 

[sashbar]

It is called SCAS - selective colour and sharpness

 

[Vtec44]

I shoot between f1.6-2.0 with my 35 and 85mm, 2.8 with my 24-70 and 70-200. It's just the way I shoot. It has been around since the film days.

 

[D-B-J]

I think as I grow as a photographer I become more interested in the way a lens "draws" rather than particular bokeh, sharpness, etc. Like, I'm in awe of the Zeiss Otus 85 1.4 when used with a D800 (I think the photo I loved was at f4). Just incredible sharpness, contrast, etc. And I LOVE the way the Canon 135mm f2L looks on a FF sensor. It just looks so beautiful.

Sure, bokeh is cool. We all obsess over it at some point or another. But aperture is a tool, and a pro uses it as such. Some shots may be bokehlicious, and others not at all. I guess that's the difference-- a pro uses it when needed or wanted, and a noob tries to attain it 24/7.

Jake