![]() ![]() What lens do you like for the swirly bokeh effect? The lens that surprises me the most is my Industar 50-2, pretty sharp for a $26 lens! I have a Pentax Super Takumar 28mm f /3.5 that was basically like new when I bought it, love that lens, use it often, has a very nice look to the images. My Helios 44-2 is actually pretty sharp in the center, but falls off quickly towards the corners. The russian lenses, which seem to produce the swirly bokeh the OP asked about seemed to be particularly variable in quality. That said, flare control is no comparison on an older lens vs the newer ones from my experience, and sharpness is all over the map. I love old lenses, have about a dozen in the collection now! And agree the image quality of some of them is really nice. There are many factors to get in the way, most being associated to people tinkering with them because it is so "easy" to clean and open them.įinding a good copy of almost any vintage lens nowadays may take a lot of time, but once you do, image quality is mostly very good. Quite on the contrary - these old crappy lenses can be of extremely nice image quality. ![]() ![]() I’ll go out shooting with one of them no more than about three times a year, when I feel like being silly.īokeh from a good quality wide aperture prime lens, like so many of the Fuji lenses, beats the swirl effect in the long run. These effects become tiring quickly and the pictures can be regarded as gimmicky by many viewers. I’d definitely recommend buying second hand. You will have a lot more success with them, but you need a FF camera to get the full effect and the Petzval lenses are heavy. But if you use it a lot you’ll be more in control of it.Īnyway, the lomography Petzval lenses are actually made for swirly bokeh as a previous person suggested. If you lookup the Flickr group for the fujian 35mm f1.7 you will see it happens sometimes. It works best when there is lots of detail, as in trees. The effect comes in when the background is at a certain distance from the subject in focus. I tried one a few years ago, did not notice swirly bokeh. It’s not for serious use, but it will work on an APSC sensor and for that price you can throw it away when you get tired of the effect. (Don’t get the f1.6 version it’s not the same). It sells for about $20 USD with an adapter included. A popular one here for swirly bokeh is the Fujian 35mm f1.7 CCTV lens. They’re still fun though.Įnigmatico wrote: I live in Asia where “toy lenses” are quite popular due to their low price. I live in Asia where “toy lenses” are quite popular due to their low price. I don’t know if you want to use these lenses for serious photography (the lenses mentioned above are sometimes used by pro wedding and portrait photographers for example). I would not recommend using these lenses on a Fuji X camera because of the cropped sensor. They are made for FF and the swirl occurs mostly on the outer edges. However you will lose a lot of their charm on an APSC camera. I use them from time to time only, A similar effect can be achieved with a Lensbaby Twist 60, which isn’t quite as expensive. They are a bit pricey for a lens with limited use. I own both of these superbly made quirky lenses. They have two focal lengths of these, 58mm and 85mm, and adapters for the Fujis. Wonderfully swirly, and with the Waterhouse aperture plates you can control the shape of the swirly stuff. I thought about these but they are a little bit pricey for me. ![]()
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