William! As you know, All out of focus shapes are the shape of the aperture as traced by the light source(s) - always. If the light source had been a point source, then the edges of the aperture blades would have been reproduced exactly - save for some minor diffraction.
You've not told us what this is a photo of. It appears to be an overexposed photo of an out of focus, non point, possibly near round light source. If the light source was (essentially) round, then you have 8 blades in your aperture on that screw mount lens. I have the K-mount version which has 6 blades. I'm not sure this would actually be called bokeh. It's more a fuzzy picture of the "bokeh" generator. It would be nice if the "star" was exposed as "gray". That way we could view the light distribution across the aperture. I've noticed that this has more of an effect on the bokeh of many photos than the shape of the aperture. Bokeh (bad, good, neutral, disturbing) is a matter of taste. Regards, Bob... -------------------- "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams, 1771 From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > William, > > Not too pretty. What does it look like with a regular image and > highlights? Just like that shape? > > Friday, February 15, 2002, 9:07:11 PM, you wrote: > > WR> A couple of days ago, I mentioned the weird aperture shape of > WR> the Bellows 100mm lens, and the interesting bokeh it gives. > WR> The first link is a picture of the aperture at f/8, the second > WR> is an example of the bokeh it produces at that apeture. > > WR> http://www.accesscomm.ca/users/wrobb/Bell100AP.jpg > > WR> http://www.accesscomm.ca/users/wrobb/Bell100bok.jpg - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
