March 18, 2016

Jupiter at the Cemetery

Images taken today at Riverside Cemetery, Macon, GA, with the Jupiter-3 1.5/50.

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At close-focus distances, the bokeh this lens renders is creamy and smooth. The top images are lovely, while stepping back a few steps for the lower ones makes the background blur start to get unruly. Even further, at medium focal lengths, it’s just awful. For example:

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  100% crop.

That really has to be the worst bokeh I have ever seen. What gives? It’s bad enough this lens is so hard to focus wide-open, now I need to deal with this? Could I have gotten weird copy? It would figure. Well, maybe not.

Sony Camera Information

Cameras: Sony α6000 and Sony α7R. Lenses: Asahi Super Takumar 1.4/50 • Canon FD 1.4/50 SSC • Canon FD 1.8/85 L • Canon FD 1.2/85 L • Helios-44 2/58 • Jupiter-3 1.5/50 • Kiron 2/28 • Leica Summicron-M 2/50mm (Typ IV) • Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan 2.8/100 • Nikon Nikkor 2/35 • Olympus Zukio 1.4/50 (Silver Nose) • Pentacon 1.8/50 • Sony Sonnar T* 1.8/55 • Steinheil München Auto-Quinon 1.9/55 • Steinheil München Cassarit 2.8/50 • Voigtländer Nokton Classic 40mm f/1.4 MC • Zeiss Loxia Biogon T* 2/35. Processed with Capture One Pro.