You can find more useful bargains on Stern’s YouTube channel, so be sure and pay a visit.Īnd speaking of vintage optics, check out the recent story we posted, explaining how to get great deals on used cameras and lenses, and test them before you buy. Then your composition needs to have elements that will show the swirling, like bushes and tree branches. So at 6 feet from the lens a 10' petzval would give nice swirley bokeh on the 8X10 camera. Stern explains the simple procedure for adapting the lens to a modern camera, provides examples of image quality, and explains how to get optimum results. You would pick the shorter of the lenses for nearer subjects as the bellows goes out. By starting out with this inexpensive kit, you’ll be able to play around with this technique before purchasing a more expensive option.ĭesigned for low-light CCTV cameras, this Fujian lens has a fast maximum aperture that provides plenty of flexibility in dimly lit situations, and it’s extremely compact. He also includes links to a variety of appropriate adapters. Stern provides links to where you can purchase the Fujian 35mm f/1.7 lens in the description beneath the video. It has beautiful swirly bokeh, a useful focal length and high. You’ll see how to adapt and use this bargain-basement lens with just about any mirrorless camera you own. If you want funky bokeh in an easily usable lens at a great price then this is the one to get. The subject of today’s episode is a cheap C-mount security camera lens, known for “swirly” bokeh, that’s available on Amazon and elsewhere for less than $30.
Not very special looking, but it sure can produce some beautiful bokeh with the right background and distance. And that’s what is does today, in the four-minute video below. Known by many for its swirly bokeh, the Helios () 44-2 is one of my favorite lenses for so many reasons. Now a bonus to this list, the Nikon 300mm f2.8. This soviet-era lens comes with a lot of history attached to it. Their strengths aren’t always quite so apparent in other areas but for interesting background blur, they’re some of the best. We often refer to French photographer Mathieu Stern as a “weird lens guru,” because he specializes in using oddball vintage lenses on modern mirrorless cameras, with the use of an inexpensive adapter. The list below contains our top picks for lenses that can produce interesting bokeh effects. In the quick video below you'll discover a cheap alternative to modern bokeh-rich lenses that creates a beautiful out-of-focus effect. If you’ve explored this topic in the past, you know that the quality of bokeh is a subjective matter and can vary from lens to lens. Often referred to as background blur or bokeh, this attribute imparts a unique look and feel to an image that can be very visually appealing. One of the first characteristics many photographers consider when evaluating a lens is how it renders out-of-focus portions of an image.
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