Canon EOS 350D with VPK Rapid Rectilinear at f/7.7

For use on an M42 macro bellows, I had to glue the lens assembly to the back of an extension
tube due to the short focal length. The shutter was just narrow enough to fit inside the bellows.
With the bellows, the focusing range is from 1:1 to infinity. The tube forms a short lens hood.

Veijo Vilva

Bokeh The Effect of the Background Distance relative to the Focus Distance Experiments with the scene 8265 (below) left: the background is relatively near, a very prominent bright edge middle: the background is at an optimal distance, a Gaussian bokeh right: the background is very far, the bokeh tends towards a neutral one Bokeh Examples 8226 8237 8239 8244 8249 8259

Some Normal Scenes This Rapid Rectilinear isn't very suited for general photography on a 350D being rather soft and hard to focus even wide open at f/7.7. However, sometimes the softness augments the atmosphere. 8232 8242 8253 8260

Some Dark Scenes Striving for A Natural Exposure Level 8221 8265 8266

EOS 350D with VPK Rapid Rectilinear (1) EOS 350D: Playing with the Bokeh

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