rawlit Posted August 8, 2022 Share #1 Posted August 8, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello all, I've been wondering if bokeh I'm getting with my Summicron 28 is in line to what you are experiencing, see some samples below Foliage and roof on the left side of first photo seem harsh, any thoughts? thank you Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/335334-summicron-28-asph-bokeh-is-this-right/?do=findComment&comment=4485232'>More sharing options...
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lct Posted August 8, 2022 Share #2 Posted August 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, rawlit said: [...] I've been wondering if bokeh I'm getting with my Summicron 28 is in line to what you are experiencing [...] It is. No bokeh balls with sharp edges generally. No gaussian blur backgrounds either. Matter of tastes but good for me. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted August 8, 2022 Share #3 Posted August 8, 2022 Could be "normal". Anyway, 28mm lens is not great for "BOKEH" (or whatever good nice blurring areas, and I don't know what bokeh is) ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted August 8, 2022 Share #4 Posted August 8, 2022 The 28 Cron is a wide f/2 lens. You can't expect much of a bokeh with it. Plus bokeh tends to vary from scene to scene, and each user perceives it differently. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 8, 2022 Share #5 Posted August 8, 2022 Typical Summicron 28/2 bokeh at f/2. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/335334-summicron-28-asph-bokeh-is-this-right/?do=findComment&comment=4485346'>More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted August 8, 2022 Share #6 Posted August 8, 2022 vor einer Stunde schrieb lct: Typical Summicron 28/2 bokeh at f/2. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Wauh, beautiful image. I wonder what the TO really expects? What does he think is not nicely rendered in his images? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 8, 2022 Share #7 Posted August 8, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 33 minutes ago, M11 for me said: I wonder what the TO really expects? What does he think is not nicely rendered in his images? Some (most?) people seem to like gaussian blur and ninja star bokeh nowadays. Perhaps the OP wanted to be reassured for not feeling like that . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakontil Posted August 9, 2022 Share #8 Posted August 9, 2022 16 hours ago, lct said: It is. No bokeh balls with sharp edges generally. No gaussian blur backgrounds either. Matter of tastes but good for me. Interesting Ict, what’s actually like gaussian blur to be precise? Is it more pleasing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR33 Posted August 9, 2022 Share #9 Posted August 9, 2022 I only started using 28mm Summicron recently and slowly noticing the unique character. Easy to get colourful and sharp images, bokeh is not the first thing you see. Great for street and landscape photography Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/335334-summicron-28-asph-bokeh-is-this-right/?do=findComment&comment=4485868'>More sharing options...
lct Posted August 9, 2022 Share #10 Posted August 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, jakontil said: what’s actually like gaussian blur to be precise? Is it more pleasing? Matter of taste. See: https://firealpaca.com/en/topics/“Gaussian+Blur”+and+“Lens+Blur” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakontil Posted August 9, 2022 Share #11 Posted August 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, lct said: Matter of taste. See: https://firealpaca.com/en/topics/“Gaussian+Blur”+and+“Lens+Blur” Thanks! Definitely not mine though 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 9, 2022 Share #12 Posted August 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, jakontil said: Thanks! Definitely not mine though We are at least two . 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotium Posted August 9, 2022 Share #13 Posted August 9, 2022 I’ll admit I don’t like the look of it in that first photo. Odd-looking focal plane too, the car looks blurrier than the rocks at the edges of the frame, which are further away? The edges look strangely sharper than the rest of the frame. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted August 9, 2022 Share #14 Posted August 9, 2022 vor 7 Stunden schrieb lct: Matter of taste. See: https://firealpaca.com/en/topics/“Gaussian+Blur”+and+“Lens+Blur” Oh, learned something again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2022 Share #15 Posted August 9, 2022 6 hours ago, lct said: We are at least two . +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarav Posted August 9, 2022 Share #16 Posted August 9, 2022 I find it a good bokeh, not wonderful like an old lens and not boring like the 28 lux. It's a good bokeh for colour and very good for B&W street shots. The lens is a gem, super sharp but with a human soul, a razor tool for demanding storyteller. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 9, 2022 Share #17 Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, sarav said: The lens is a gem, super sharp but with a human soul, a razor tool for demanding storyteller. Nicely said. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawlit Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted August 10, 2022 Thank you all for your inputs, reading what everyone wrote I realize liking or not a lens rendering is a matter of personal taste 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotium Posted August 11, 2022 Share #19 Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, rawlit said: Thank you all for your inputs, reading what everyone wrote I realize liking or not a lens rendering is a matter of personal taste Well that's a truth. I very, very, very much dislike the rendering of the 28 cron, while many others seem to love it. Edited August 11, 2022 by gotium 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted August 11, 2022 Share #20 Posted August 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, gotium said: Well that's a truth. I very, very, very much dislike the rendering of the 28 cron, while many others seem to love it. Sorry you feel that way. The 28mm Summicron is undoubtedly the best reportage lenses ever made for the Leica M. For 'Blur' there are many other lenses. Maybe not at 28mm but certainly at other focal lengths. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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