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Here's a little Bokeh test I did with an S3 IS a while back:

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tonylong wrote in post #5043537
Here's a little Bokeh test I did with an S3 IS a while back:

Can you explain what makes this a "bokeh test"?

Looks like a cloth with very little total depth of field. Consequently, it would seem to me to be about as far from a test of bokeh as you can get. I clearly must be missing something important.

My gear:
Canon 5D mk III, 7D | Canon 70-200 mm f2.8L IS, 100-400 mm f4.5-5.6L, 24-105 mm f4L, 16-35 mm f4LIS, 50 mm f1.4, 100 mm f2.8L IS macro, | Canon 580 EX II Flash

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Mediation wrote in post #5043029

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I like the second one. The first needs some white balance correction.

My gear:
Canon 5D mk III, 7D | Canon 70-200 mm f2.8L IS, 100-400 mm f4.5-5.6L, 24-105 mm f4L, 16-35 mm f4LIS, 50 mm f1.4, 100 mm f2.8L IS macro, | Canon 580 EX II Flash

Dave__C wrote in post #5048803
Can you explain what makes this a "bokeh test"?

Good question.

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Dave__C wrote in post #5048824
I like the second one. The first needs some white balance correction.

Does it? Looks fine on both of my monitors.

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Rachellebee27 wrote in post #5049549
Does it? Looks fine on both of my monitors.

I see a purple cast to the skin.

My gear:
Canon 5D mk III, 7D | Canon 70-200 mm f2.8L IS, 100-400 mm f4.5-5.6L, 24-105 mm f4L, 16-35 mm f4LIS, 50 mm f1.4, 100 mm f2.8L IS macro, | Canon 580 EX II Flash

Dave__C wrote in post #5048803
Can you explain what makes this a "bokeh test"?

Looks like a cloth with very little total depth of field. Consequently, it would seem to me to be about as far from a test of bokeh as you can get. I clearly must be missing something important.

Well, yes it is a cloth, with a background of spring plants and flowers. I wanted to see how the S3 IS would handle it if focused with a wide aperture on the very thinly-woven cloth curtain -- would it produce a soft, pleasantly out-of-focus background? It did, which fits my definition of bokeh! Perhaps I could have done better with my DSLR, but the point of the exercise was to see what a decent compact could do...

The same shot with a wider aperture, BTW, showed the background in considerable detail, so the softness was not due to the cloth but to the wider aperture, hence the term bokeh.

Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
Tony Long Photos on PBase
Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

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tonylong wrote in post #5055127
Well, yes it is a cloth, with a background of spring plants and flowers. I wanted to see how the S3 IS would handle it if focused with a wide aperture on the very thinly-woven cloth curtain -- would it produce a soft, pleasantly out-of-focus background? It did, which fits my definition of bokeh! Perhaps I could have done better with my DSLR, but the point of the exercise was to see what a decent compact could do...

The same shot with a wider aperture, BTW, showed the background in considerable detail, so the softness was not due to the cloth but to the wider aperture, hence the term bokeh.

Thanks for the clarification. Slightly subtle, but I see the point now.

My gear:
Canon 5D mk III, 7D | Canon 70-200 mm f2.8L IS, 100-400 mm f4.5-5.6L, 24-105 mm f4L, 16-35 mm f4LIS, 50 mm f1.4, 100 mm f2.8L IS macro, | Canon 580 EX II Flash

My meager contribution:

5dMKII x2 l 1dMKiv l 35L l 70-200 f/2.8 IS L l 17-55 2.8 IS l 50mm 1.2 l 85L l 135L l 300mm 2.8 l 400mm f/4 580ex II l 430ex II x2l Manfrotto Tripod & Head

How about this one?

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