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I am not seeing the beauty your seeing mocok, the kinoptik lense seem to be distorted the background and just focusing on the object. Can't you just do something like that on photoshop?
Enthusia, it's called bokeh The "distortion", that is areas which are out of focus, is done on purpose to isolate the subject. I don't believe you can replicate it on Photoshop to the same extent. I'm sorry if you genuinely meant distortion as in "pincushion/barrel distortion" and hence this being an insult to your intelligence!
Anyhow, the Kinoptik's bokeh is interesting, but not to my liking. I prefer the more buttery smooth to the detailed, high contrast look. The latter makes the picture a little tiring to look at.
Eg.
I can't remember where I got this picture from, nor can I remember the model of the lens!
If you cant see the beauty, that's good, you just save yourself close to 2 grand, heheh..
I don't want smooth bokeh like usual, but if you notice the bokeh it's very different altogether, that's why I love it. I will gladly trade my 85 for a Kinoptik 75mm f/2 if someone is dumb enough to do so.
What you called distorted background for me is my dream bokeh.
On the other hand, it does seem like a fairly sharp lens (at the cost of washed out bokeh), which can be a nice thing to have.
Originally Posted by dj_mocok
If you cant see the beauty, that's good, you just save yourself close to 2 grand, heheh..
I don't want smooth bokeh like usual, but if you notice the bokeh it's very different altogether, that's why I love it. I will gladly trade my 85 for a Kinoptik 75mm f/2 if someone is dumb enough to do so.
What you called distorted background for me is my dream bokeh.
I think somewhere in between is good. A total blur is IMO just as undesirable as a bokeh with a lot of overexposed highlights. It seems like the character of the bokeh depends a lot on the background. Some lens are better at 'smudging' certain types of backgrounds than others.
Pictures taken by Mr. Paul Lindqvist using a Zeiss 100/2 makro on a D2x. Note the difference in bokeh depending on the background. All three were taken at F2.
Some more photos taken by Mr. Patrick Colpron with a Nikkor 30/1.4 AI-S. Again, note the difference in bokeh.
Originally Posted by skyline889
Milkpowder, that was shot with a 58mm 1.2 Noct Nikkor!
That certainly rings a bell! Judging by how crazy some people are about large aperture Nikon primes, I think the 58/1.2 is just as expensive, if not even more so than the Kinoptik in question.
The "distortion", that is areas which are out of focus, is done on purpose to isolate the subject. I don't believe you can replicate it on Photoshop to the same extent. I'm sorry if you genuinely meant distortion as in "pincushion/barrel distortion" and hence this being an insult to your intelligence!
