Bokeh test images
Please note: this page is not the final word on test image selection. Maybe more query options are needed, or there is a still better way to present the results. I would be very grateful for any feedback on this page, including bugs, interface suggestions, presentation tips, whatever. Please mail your comments to bokeh@chr-breitkopf.de.
Lenses tested
By manufacturer, ordered by type (first primes, then zooms), focal length, starting aperture.
Nikon · Pentax · Ricoh · Sigma · Soligor · Vivitar · Voigtländer / Cosina · Zeiss · Zhongyi · Zoomar / Kilfitt
Nikon
- Fisheye-Nikkor AI-S 2.8/16
- Nikkor AI 3.5/20
- Nikkor AI 2.8/24
- Nikkor AI-S 2/28
- Nikkor AI 1.4/35
- PC-Nikkor 2.8/35 (new version) - thanks to Jörn G. Steinmann
- Nikon 35 Ti (Nikkor 2.8/35)
- Nikkor 2.8/45 GN
- Nikkor AI 1.2/50
- Nikkor K 1.4/50
- Nikkor AI-S 1.4/50
- Nikkor AI 1.8/50
- Nikkor AI-S 1.8/50 (older large barrel version)
- Nikkor AI-S 1.8/50 (flat ‘pancake’ version)
- Nikkor AF-N 1.8/50
- Nikkor K 2/50
- Nikkor-S 1.2/55
- Micro-Nikkor 3.5/55 Compensating
- Micro-Nikkor-P 3.5/55
- Micro-Nikkor-P·C 3.5/55
- Nikkor-S 1.4/58 (5.8cm)
- Nikkor AF 2.8/80 - one of the two AF lenses for the F3AF
- Nikkor AI-S 1.4/85 - thanks to Jörn G. Steinmann
- Nikkor K 1.8/85
- Nikkor AI 2/85
- Nikkor Fun Lens 90mm 1:4.8 Soft Focus
- Nikon Lens Series E 2.8/100
- Nikkor AI-S 1.8/105
- Nikkor AF DC 2/105 D
- Nikkor AI 2.5/105
- Micro-Nikkor AI-S 4/105
- Nikkor Fun Lens 120mm 1:4.5 Macro
- Nikkor-Q 2.8/135
- Nikon Lens Series E 2.8/135
- Nikkor AI 3.5/135
- Nikkor-P·C 2.8/180
- Nikkor AI-S 2.8/180 ED
- Nikkor AI 4/200
- Micro-Nikkor AI-S 4/200
- Nikkor AI 5.6/400 ED
- Reflex-Nikkor 50cm 1:5 - a typical example of the mirror-lens ‘donut’ bokeh
- Nikkor AI 4/25-50
- Nikkor AI-S 3.5/28-50
- Nikkor AF-D 4-5.6/35-80 (newer plastic mount version)
- Nikkor AI-S 4.5/50-300 ED
- Nikkor AF 4/70-210 - same optics as Series E 4/70-210
- Nikon Lens Series E 3.5/75-150
Pentax
- Pentax Super-Takumar 3.5/135
Ricoh
- Ricoh 500 G (Rikenon 2.8/40) - fixed lens rangefinder with 4-bladed aperture; interesting ‘bright core’ and ‘bright circle’ bokeh wide open
Sigma
- Sigma 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
- Sigma Zoom AF-APO 4.5-5.6/75-300
Soligor
- Soligor 2/135 P
- Soligor C/D Dualfocal 4/85 + 4/135 MC
Vivitar
- Vivitar 2.8/100 Macro - manufactured by Kiron
Voigtländer / Cosina
- Voigtländer Ultron 2/40 SL Aspherical
- Voigtländer Nokton 1.4/58 SL
- Voigtländer Color-Heliar 2.5/75 SL
- Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 3.5/90 SL
- Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 2.5/125 SL
Zeiss
- Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/45 T* (Contax)
- Carl Zeiss Planar 1.4/50 T* (Contax)
- Zeiss Loxia 2.4/85 (Sony FE)
Zhongyi
Zoomar / Kilfitt
- Zoomar Macro Zoomatar 2.8/90 - very strange bokeh wide open
