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Best Bokeh and Flare
  • dennnnnnnisdennnnnnnis

    I know the the "classic" helios and recently I fell in love with a cheap old Olympus Zuiko 50mm 1.8 do you guys have any recommendations for lens with great bokeh and flare?

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  • artiswarartiswar

    Any old Lomo primes. My 28 flares great.

  • nomadnomad

    Go east! They didn't have the coatings used elsewhere for a long time, but the glass is great. So you get sharpness and flares. Try MIR, Tair, Jupiter from Russia or Meyer Goerlitz (e.g. Primoplan) or Zeiss Jena from East Germany. Plus, most of these have more blades than modern lenses. While that doesn't automatically mean better bokeh, the OOF highlights will stay round when stopped down.

  • dennnnnnnisdennnnnnnis

    @ nomad thx! got my eyes on KMZ Mir-10 28mm/3.5 for $150 great price and great lens, right?

  • nomadnomad

    A bit pricey, but if it's in excellent condition? Yes, it's a nice lens.

  • bostonmikebostonmike

    I have to say, the Bokeh on my Vivitar series 1, 28-90mm is amazing...for $50

  • artiswarartiswar

    28mm Lomo f2. Mmmm.

  • itimjimitimjim

    Jupiter-9 85/2. It has 15 blades!!!!

  • ttancredittancredi

    anyone to compare jupiter 9 and helios 85mm 1.5? @artiswar was it worthy buying an expensive and chunky adapter?

  • nomadnomad

    Helios 85 is very hard to find in good condition. Plus, wide open it flares a bit too much IMHO and the borders are very soft. I like the Jupiter 9 better and there are plenty of them.

  • artiswarartiswar

    @ttancredi

    Not that much bulkier than an eBay Canon FD adapter. I have the lighter weight one without the rail support. I have the 50 and 135 as well. All of which flare and bokeh very nicely. only issue is the amount you have to rotate the lens to focus is huge. Easy with a follow focus and Cinevate lens gears.

  • WhiteRabbitWhiteRabbit

    Please excuse the underexposed, multi-compressed frame grab. MIR-1 'Grand Prix - Brussels 1958'

    MIR-1 'Grand Prix - Brussels 1958'.png
    1280 x 720 - 1M
  • ZedZed

    Some quick bokeh test GH2 with Helios 77 russian lens. With some surreal stabilization :)

  • ttancredittancredi

    Anyone tried Jupiter 3 (50mm like jupiter 8 but f1.5)? Don't know how they would compare to jupiter 8 at f2. probably similar. but the option of having some funky soft bokeh at f1.5 may be useful even sometimes. Have seen some nice stills but no videos... experiences?

  • ipcmlripcmlr

    @whiterabbit do you have any sampel videos with the mir set at f2.8? Appreciate it!

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