![]() You can dial from +1 to +7, with +7 gives you the most swirl effect. Other than the usual manual control for aperture and focusing, the new Petzval has a Bokeh Control ring. The focusing distance and the distance to the background also matter. I am still experimenting what background gives me the best swirly bokeh. Canon EOS R: M42 Adapter Helios-44M 2/58 Photo & Video SamplesComment left by PeaceKeeperMoe asking if it's any good with the M42 Mount. And when you do, the lens is likely to be manual. It is based on a German Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 2/58 lens and costs less than 50 on eBay or Amazon, the delivery is included in the price. But as modern lenses tend to be optically advanced and are designed for sharpness, it’s much rarer to come across truly swirly bokeh with a modern lens. Although you can make a DIY tool and put it over any of your standard lenses (beware of a lot of vignetting), the most typical lens used for creating swirly bokeh is Russian Helios 44-2 58 mm f/2. Not all background will be swirly though. Although often highly sought after in a lens, the swirly type of bokeh is really the result of a design defect. Here is one of the first few shots I took. An adapter to Fuji X mount was included in the package for me. ![]() The metal body is terrific, it features some weather sealing and the optics are sublime. The lens has a gorgeous retro look and feel. The Sigma 35mm f/2 Contemporary is one of the best 35mm portrait lenses for under 700. ![]() In 2013, the folks at Lomography launched a Kickstarter campaign to redesign and reinvent the Petzval lens. The new Petzval only comes in either Canon or Nikon mount. Sigma 35mm f/2 Contemporary A must-have portrait lens. It has that unique swirly bokeh in the background. Now that’s fast The Mitakon is also unusual in being a modern lens that is manual focus only. The original Petzval lens was invented by Joseph Petzval in 1840, for use mainly in portrait photography. 5 of the Best Lenses for Swirly Bokeh 1- Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Even before getting onto the subject of bokeh, the Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 is already of note just for the extremity of its maximum aperture: f/0.95. The lens was produced in very large numbers, initially by Meyer-Optik Görlitz as a 15 blade ‘Bokeh monster’. A DHL package arrived few days ago and in it was the Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens that Lomography sent me. ![]()
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