shootinglulu Posted December 12, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi..My 50 Summilux asph renders with a very busy bokeh since it's return from Solmes where it was calibrated with an M9 and adjusted..also it is soft, just a little and lacks something that it had before..Attached a picture which shows the bokeh. Could adjustment at Solmes effect the lens in this way? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shootinglulu Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share #2 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Where did that picture go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 12, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Err.. no lens adjustment cannot affect bokeh - but the background and light does (and of course the aperture), so it is pretty hard to compare unless identical shots are taken. Your image looks rather normal to me, albeit frontfocussed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootinglulu Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share #4 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Thanks Jaap, sorry, I knew it was a silly question, I'll do a focus test, that could be the reason for the softness I'm seeing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 12, 2012 Share #5 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Speaking to the bokeh - it is characteristic of the lens - highly-corrected spherical aberration with high detail contrast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyedward Posted December 12, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted December 12, 2012 I have always found that dense plantlife produces very busy bokeh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted December 12, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Could adjustment at Solmes effect the lens in this way? Â Not the fundamental bokeh of the lens, but camera or post processing settings, such as higher contrast, can make the bokeh more harsh to the eye. Â If you are processing an image and want to keep a soft bokeh in the background, yet want the main part of the image to have some 'punch', make a selection of the main part and feather the edge of the selection, then increase the contrast of the focal point. This way you don't apply universal corrections to all the image. The same goes for sharpening, only sharpen the important part of the image and leave the rest soft. Â Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted December 12, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted December 12, 2012 ...If you are processing an image and want to keep a soft bokeh in the background, yet want the main part of the image to have some 'punch', make a selection of the main part and feather the edge of the selection, then increase the contrast of the focal point. ... Â Steve Or if you use Lightroom, use a Brush (K) which is often quicker and non-destructive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootinglulu Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share #9 Â Posted December 12, 2012 This is a timely reminder to watch some LR tutorials, I really just do basic corrections.. Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 12, 2012 Share #10 Â Posted December 12, 2012 Not the fundamental bokeh of the lens, but camera or post processing settings, such as higher contrast, can make the bokeh more harsh to the eye. Â If you are processing an image and want to keep a soft bokeh in the background, yet want the main part of the image to have some 'punch', make a selection of the main part and feather the edge of the selection, then increase the contrast of the focal point. This way you don't apply universal corrections to all the image. The same goes for sharpening, only sharpen the important part of the image and leave the rest soft. Â Steve Or cheat and apply some blur to the background Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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