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<blockquote data-quote="DraganDL" data-source="post: 293767" data-attributes="member: 18251">For those who are not so well informed on the topic, and might take a look at this thread, let me warn against two quite common misunderstandings/confusions regarding bokeh:1) among the two (or more) similar lenses, whereas one of them is &quot;faster&quot;, this &quot;faster&quot; is automatically better &quot;bokeh performer&quot;. Like, ABC 50mm f/1.2 got to be better in terms of bokeh than ABC 50mm f/2.0. Why is this belief so common? Because many people confuse the &quot;strength&quot; of the DoF (how strongly is a blurred area suppressed against the focused area) with the bokeh.2) the greater focal length automatically means better bokeh. Like, ABC 105mm f/2.8 must be a better bokeh performer than a ABC 55mm f/2.8. &nbsp;The quality of bokeh is, basically, estimated on the lens's ability to &quot;separate&quot; the blurred area from the &quot;in-focus&quot; area in an unobtrusive way. But, sometimes, depending on who knows which elements of the specific scenery, the so-called &quot;nervousness&quot; of the bokeh, being generally regarded as &quot;unpleasant&quot;&nbsp; can act quite on the contrary - adding to the &quot;drama&quot; and actually be pleasant (good example: aroy's DSC2955)...This was taken with Nikon AF80-200mm f/4.5-5.6, all-plasticky, dirt-cheap lens:[ATTACH]83694[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DraganDL, post: 293767, member: 18251"] For those who are not so well informed on the topic, and might take a look at this thread, let me warn against two quite common misunderstandings/confusions regarding bokeh: 1) among the two (or more) similar lenses, whereas one of them is "faster", this "faster" is automatically better "bokeh performer". Like, ABC 50mm f/1.2 got to be better in terms of bokeh than ABC 50mm f/2.0. Why is this belief so common? Because many people confuse the "strength" of the DoF (how strongly is a blurred area suppressed against the focused area) with the bokeh. 2) the greater focal length automatically means better bokeh. Like, ABC 105mm f/2.8 must be a better bokeh performer than a ABC 55mm f/2.8. The quality of bokeh is, basically, estimated on the lens's ability to "separate" the blurred area from the "in-focus" area in an unobtrusive way. But, sometimes, depending on who knows which elements of the specific scenery, the so-called "nervousness" of the bokeh, being generally regarded as "unpleasant" can act quite on the contrary - adding to the "drama" and actually be pleasant (good example: aroy's DSC2955)... This was taken with Nikon AF80-200mm f/4.5-5.6, all-plasticky, dirt-cheap lens: [ATTACH=CONFIG]83694._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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