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Zeiss 35mm f1.4: Bokeh

17 positive · 4 mixed · 3 critical mentions across 24 sources.

it is capable of letting in more light this classic is also known by many to have the nicest 35 millimeter rendering of any millimeter focal lens other than the rendering its bokeh is as smooth as james bond's zipper the book is even smoother at f2 than the distagon f2 version at f2 its center…
— That Weird FILMMAKER (source)
background separation at f1.4 the good news is that the quality of those backgrounds is mostly gorgeous this lens offers impressively smooth bcka with very little outlining or other problems even with quite difficult backgrounds so a big thumbs up there and related to bcka is longitudinal chromatic…
— Christopher Frost (source)
backgrounds are rendered generally the Ze lens does a very nice job its outter Focus areas look pretty lovely and soft overule but not perfect as you can see here at half 1.4 there's a strong cat's ey shape to Baka balls even quite close to the center of the image and within those brighter points…
— Christopher Frost (source)

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