Purple flower bokeh
By an Auto-Takumar 55mm f2.2. Almost like the CZJ Biotar/Helios 44-2 swirl (and the lens is not that different in blades, design, front aperture set up). But it produces a smoother bokeh, with more subtle transitions, and is sharper corner to corner.
I took a lot of photos of this flower bed with many different lenses and this is one of my favourites. It matches the style of other people's Auto Tak 55mm 2.2 images I'd seen on the internet, a style that made me seek out and eventually find a lens to buy (over 5,000 miles away). It was worth it...
Purple flower bokeh
By an Auto-Takumar 55mm f2.2. Almost like the CZJ Biotar/Helios 44-2 swirl (and the lens is not that different in blades, design, front aperture set up). But it produces a smoother bokeh, with more subtle transitions, and is sharper corner to corner.
I took a lot of photos of this flower bed with many different lenses and this is one of my favourites. It matches the style of other people's Auto Tak 55mm 2.2 images I'd seen on the internet, a style that made me seek out and eventually find a lens to buy (over 5,000 miles away). It was worth it...