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In the pursuit of great Bokeh I am drawn to the classic, the Noctilux, either F1 or F.95

 

Are there any other Leica lenses that give similar or close to similar results? Or is the Nocti the only way to go? 

 

It would be very helpful if you could include some pictures illustrating how well your preferred lens produces Bokeh. 

 

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 Noctilux 0.95:

 

 

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In the pursuit of great Bokeh I am drawn to the classic, the Noctilux, either F1 or F.95

 

An honorable pursuit, however you might consider lenses other than Leica.

The Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 lens might be interesting and it will not break your budget.

My photo bag has 10mm VC, 35mm Summilux, 75mm Summilux and the Sonnetar

fits in a tiny pocket ready to use.

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And, a couple more from the Noctilux f 0.95

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Noctilux 3D effect

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this one is from the 35 1.4 fle

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75 Summilux 

as posted on another thread. these are merely test shots, but still descriptive of the bokeh. Both at 1.4

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In the pursuit of great bokeh, I am drawn to the classic, the Noctilux, either 1:1 or 1:0.95.

Umm—apparently you're confusing bokeh with background blur, aren't you?

 

The finest bokeh of all my 50 mm Leica M lenses comes from the Apo-Summicron-M 50 mm Asph. Of course, the Noctilux, at full aperture, will render the out-of-focus background more blurred than the Apo-Summicron. But the bokeh is better with the latter. By the way, I also love the bokeh from the Summarit 5 cm 1:1.5 but that's ... umm, special, not fine.

 

The Apo-Summicron-M 75 mm Asph also has very creamy bokeh. But I don't like the inclination to flare as well as the absurdly short focusing throw.

 

By the way, many (if not most) lenses' bokeh will significantly improve when they're stopped down by 1/2 or one f-stop from full aperture.

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Umm—apparently you're confusing bokeh with background blur, aren't you?

It's a fair point but these days I think it's the term that everyone uses precisely to describe the out of focus areas, rather than specifically the effect of out of focus on points of light.

 

I love the 'bokeh' of the Hasselblad 120mm Makro Plannar, which you can use on the SL with an adapter:

 

33497219715_6e7ba13354_b.jpgWild Thing by Greg Turner, on Flickr

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... but these days I think it's the term that everyone uses precisely to describe the out-of-focus areas, rather than specifically the effect of out-of-focus on points of light.

 

I couldn't care less what 'everyone' does when what 'everyone' does is foolish. Bokeh is one thing, out-of-focus blur is another thing.

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I couldn't care less what 'everyone' does when what 'everyone' does is foolish. Bokeh is one thing, out-of-focus blur is another thing.

 

Can you offer us examples of out-of-focus  vs bokeh?

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