This site is dedicated to photography, especially to Bokeh. The japanese originated term Bokeh describes the look of out of focus areas in a photo.
If you are an amateur photographer you certainly have a showcase for your images somewhere. I've always wanted to do a "real life" exhibition, but can never seem to find the time to organize one. So for me it's got to be on the internet somehow. I like to post my images to some of... Continue Reading →
Autumn is the best season for hikers. It's not too warm anymore, so you won't suffer a heat stroke nor will you have to carry several liters of water uphill, to compensate for the loss of body fluids. Also it's the colorful season, which makes it even more appealing to all those that love to... Continue Reading →
This isn't going to be a technical guide of some sort, I just want to pass on some of my thoughts on the matter, which I think are important to many of us who aren't professionals. I think learning how to photograph will be more or less the same process for every ambitious amateur photographer... Continue Reading →
Summicron-M 2/50 v4 vs. Summicron-R 2/50 v2 vs. Contax G Planar 2/45 Being a lensoholic for almost 15 years I have now graduated to Leica lenses, something I was sure I'd "never" do, a couple of years ago. Provocatively I just used the term graduated, but I don't intend to suggest, that I'm wise enough... Continue Reading →
The career of becoming an Altglasoholic is a long process, at least for me it was and still is. Usually you get into vintage lenses at a price point of about two beer crates, maybe you got an Auto Revuenon or Vivitar lens or a 50mm from Minolta or Canon. You try out many of... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I saw this beautiful old car in my neigbourhood, standing under an alley of chestnut trees no less. The shadows of the trees and the overcast sky reflected on the surface of the old Mercedes. In my book that's the recipe for some powerful 3D pop. Also it made a nice... Continue Reading →
As much as I am happy that spring is finally here, albeit still not with as much warmth as I'd like, I'm also sad that the time of Christmas lighting is over. Sadly I only shot with 8 lenses back then and I feel unable to repeat the same thing now with all ten lenses.... Continue Reading →
In this part I want to show more of the rendering qualities of each lens. It's still about how they render up close. This time color will play a big part, also how the rendering creates a painterly quality. Speaking of which, in this part of the review I added the RE Auto Topcor 1.4/58,... Continue Reading →
I've decided to split this part up into several chapters, providing and analyzing one batch of images in each chapter. This batch "Book & Bokeh" is meaningful in several ways. It will show you the close up performance of each lens at the important apertures and how it makes your subject stand out. Since each... Continue Reading →
From my own point of view, this part of the review is for you. I don't care too much about the sharpness of the lenses at each and every aperture setting. For portraiture or for shooting moods or details it's not important, because they're all sharp enough in the center. For landscape or architecture however... Continue Reading →
The other side of Bokeh 