Best leica bokeh lens6/4/2023 Some further examples taken with that lens demonstrating the usage of the front iris: If you use this lens in low light situations, please be prepared that the apodization element absorbs some light, Sony evaluates its transmission to T4.5 when used at open aperture. The achievement of this effort is visible in this 1:1 crop (100 actual pixels) from the portrait shown above:Īs this lens is pureley manual, it can be adapted using a cheap A-Mount (or Minolta AF) to E-Mount adapter without electronic signal transmission. If you are interested in more details about this masterpiece with a weight of 730g, you should take a look into this review: Sony 135 F2.8 STF SAL-135F28 review. This design gives an extremely smooth transition to the blurred out-of-focus regions and boosts sharpness inside the focal plane. Between the sets of aperture blades this lens has a special "apodization element", a kind of circular ND filter that reduces to its borders the intensity of light rays the more they are out of focus. This is, how it looks like on the Sony A7R:įrom the photo above you can already see the double iris construction, from which the front one is designed to produce perfectly round shaped circles of confusion of hightlights outside the focal plane. The full frame sensor of the Sony A7R changed the game. Let us start right with an example from the Sony STF 135mm f/2.8 T4.5:ĭue to its very specialized construction, this lens fascinated me since a long time but its focal length was a bit long when used on crop sensors (APS-C, FourThirds etc.). Zeiss FE Sonnar T* 55mm f/1.8 (not shown in the collection above).Zeiss Otus APO Distagon T* 55mm f/1.4 (ZF.2 version).Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 G (2012 model).Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 (with Contax/Yashica mount, MM version).This article will cover the following lenses (downwards sorted by focal length and maximum aperture): In this article we will focus on lenses that give you great "virtual 3D" options to seperate objects by playing with depth of field (DOF) and beautiful bokeh. In the wide angle range, there was quite a lot of frustration, but another article here shows some of the best options in the UWA range. 2013 - Since the new full frame mirrorless "ILCE" cameras (A7 and A7R) from Sony were presented in October, thanks to its small flange distance many users where thrilled by the option to adapt nearly every lens.
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