bicycling at dusk | Pentax 67 6x7 105mm 2.4 | Fuji Provia 400X 120 medium-format slide film
Approx. 50mm f/1.1 equivalent in 35mm-film format | 1/15 sec @ 2.4 | ISO 320 (1/2-stop pull-processed)
Thank you fellow flickr-ties for your comments and faves.
Note to self (and others, if you're bokeh-obsessed like me):
This shows off the eerie "3D" quality of this lens. It feels different than the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 or Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.1 & f/1.0 lenses (which I also love). I think it has to do with Pentax's choice of intentionally under-correcting circular aberration, thus avoiding "busy" or "donut ring" bokeh. To experience the effect fully, zoom to full-screen size, close one eye, and notice how the foreground "pops."
bicycling at dusk | Pentax 67 6x7 105mm 2.4 | Fuji Provia 400X 120 medium-format slide film
Approx. 50mm f/1.1 equivalent in 35mm-film format | 1/15 sec @ 2.4 | ISO 320 (1/2-stop pull-processed)
Thank you fellow flickr-ties for your comments and faves.
Note to self (and others, if you're bokeh-obsessed like me):
This shows off the eerie "3D" quality of this lens. It feels different than the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 or Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.1 & f/1.0 lenses (which I also love). I think it has to do with Pentax's choice of intentionally under-correcting circular aberration, thus avoiding "busy" or "donut ring" bokeh. To experience the effect fully, zoom to full-screen size, close one eye, and notice how the foreground "pops."