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Bokeh Showdown! Series introduction

Featured Sunday, 22 April 2012 13:52

 BOKEH Showdown! This series will throw lenses against each other in a head to head comparison.

 

Today I introduce the concept, the fundamentals of bokeh, and the lenses that will make up our first test. They are:
Nikon 50mm f1.2: http://goo.gl/9afIp (Amazon: http://goo.gl/x1oYk )
Nikon 85mm f1.4G: http://goo.gl/GctbL (Amazon: http://goo.gl/5mql3 )
Nikon 105mm f2 DC: http://goo.gl/eQezr (Amazon: http://goo.gl/JVMG4 )
Nikon 70-200mm f2.8: http://goo.gl/PMWem (Amazon: http://goo.gl/GOuVY )
Leica Noctilux 50mm f0.95: http://goo.gl/j1g51

Video shot on D5100: http://goo.gl/mjhCJ (Amazon: http://goo.gl/jeKkv )
50mm 1.4g: http://goo.gl/CyNhO (Amazon: http://goo.gl/zPNzF )
Gitzo GT2540: http://goo.gl/y41iA (Amazon: http://goo.gl/FpUxj )

 

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  • Comment Link Oleg Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:26 posted by Oleg

    Cool video. Thank you. But I can not find Part2 of it? Is it available already? Could you please share the link.
    Thanks,
    Oleg

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  • Comment Link seb Thursday, 26 April 2012 08:46 posted by seb

    why the 105? why not 135?

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