Joel,
That image lives up to what I have heard of that lens. Beautiful image.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 5:18 PM
Subject: [OM] Birds, Bokeh, and DZes
> I've been looking among recent photos for images that show the bokeh
> qualities I like when working with the DZ 50-200. Here's one that's
> possibly serviceable:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/99378213@N00/with/3168574152/
>
> (You can force a larger image and better background by clicking the
> slideshow icon. Sorry for inflicting Flickr.)
>
> I don't expect it to knock your socks off, but the bokeh is reasonably
> pleasing to me. It seems to me that 150mm is a fairly sweet spot,
> with aperture in the range of 5.6 to 8, or even wider if the subject
> doesn't require too much DOF. This image was shot horizontally but
> cropped vertically to produce an image that seemed somewhat more
> interesting to me. It was shot at ISO 800. I didn't use NR as it
> didn't seem to me to need any. Your sensitivity may vary.
>
> I've always sort of felt that bokeh is something managed and planned
> for every bit as much as it is a quality associated with a lens At
> any rate, I tend to blame myself for jittery backgrounds (which has
> probably saved me from drifting into Leica-land).
>
> Joel W.
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