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<blockquote data-quote="Bikerbrent" data-source="post: 578972" data-attributes="member: 42081"><p>Hello and welcome aboard.</p><p></p><p>First off, knowing which camera you are using would be a big help. I will assume it is a DX camera since your af-s nikkor 55-300mm lens is a DX lens.</p><p></p><p>Next, I really doubt that the circular distortion in your first example is a product of any known lens. It is far more likely a circular patterned background shot with a good portrait type lens with good bokeh (a pleasantly blurred background). I don't believe it would even be possible for any lens to create a circular blurred background with a sharp, undistorted foreground.</p><p></p><p>Finally your existing lens would be at best very difficult to achieve the kind of result you desire. First, because this lens is not an extremely sharp lens and second, because to achieve the type of bokeh in your examples, you generally need an f1.4-f2.8 lens and yours is only f4.5 to f.5.6.</p><p></p><p>Again, assuming your camera is a DX, I would suggest the Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8 which can be purchased new for less the $150 or even cheaper used as a low budget solution. Another option would be a good quality 85mm f1.8 lens, but for a Nikon lens it is almost $500. You can also purchase f/1.4 versions of these lenses, but at much higher costs and the f1.8 will serve you well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bikerbrent, post: 578972, member: 42081"] Hello and welcome aboard. First off, knowing which camera you are using would be a big help. I will assume it is a DX camera since your af-s nikkor 55-300mm lens is a DX lens. Next, I really doubt that the circular distortion in your first example is a product of any known lens. It is far more likely a circular patterned background shot with a good portrait type lens with good bokeh (a pleasantly blurred background). I don't believe it would even be possible for any lens to create a circular blurred background with a sharp, undistorted foreground. Finally your existing lens would be at best very difficult to achieve the kind of result you desire. First, because this lens is not an extremely sharp lens and second, because to achieve the type of bokeh in your examples, you generally need an f1.4-f2.8 lens and yours is only f4.5 to f.5.6. Again, assuming your camera is a DX, I would suggest the Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8 which can be purchased new for less the $150 or even cheaper used as a low budget solution. Another option would be a good quality 85mm f1.8 lens, but for a Nikon lens it is almost $500. You can also purchase f/1.4 versions of these lenses, but at much higher costs and the f1.8 will serve you well. [/QUOTE]
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