Any idea which lens this shot with?

[Jan Pedersen]

I think as IanG that it is small format. The 50mm f2 Leica Summitar will make similar out of focus rendering at close to fully open aperture.

[SergeiR]

I don't have any idea specifically which lens, but this is generally an effect associated with Petzval lenses.

I doubt that it is a mirror lens because mirror lenses tend to show "doughnuts" in the out of focus areas, rather than a "ellipses", on the spot points.

Helios will. As well as few others.

[AtlantaTerry]

Trying desperately to create nearly this effect on 35mm camera format, or even Contax/Mamiya medium format. Not sure it's possible. Thank you.

On a 35mm or medium format camera use a lens that is at least 4 times normal. (i.e. 200mm on 35mm)

Use a wide open aperture.

Have the subject 30 or 50 feet away from the background highlights.

Focus on the subject.

What do you get?

Add the cut-out that I described earlier.

Now what do you get?

[skuuterboy]

The image was shot with a 7" aero ektar on 8x10 and was posted on an aero ektar group page on Facebook last week.

[jp]

I'd also suggest Helios (44 m39) as capable for 35mm use.

[sully75]

I think a lot of lenses could mimic this wide open. I shot this with the Mamiya C330 80mm wide open. Not the same but similar, I think.


Anna by Paul McEvoy, on Flickr

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[marktucker]

A friend tracked down the photographer.
Caption says: Miguel Ramos
tachihara 8 x 10 "+ Aero Ektar, paper harman positive baryte
Assuming 178mm Aero but not sure. I sent him a message. If it is the 178 it makes sense why I felt like it was wide angle feeling.
Jim Galli wins the prize.

[SergeiR]

forced me to try Xenotar 150/2.8 on 8x10... Doable on distance of about 1m.. No clue why would i use something like that when i can use longer lens @4.5 or 5.6 to get about same DOF, but hey...

[Alan Gales]

A friend tracked down the photographer.
Caption says: Miguel Ramos
tachihara 8 x 10 "+ Aero Ektar, paper harman positive baryte
Assuming 178mm Aero but not sure. I sent him a message. If it is the 178 it makes sense why I felt like it was wide angle feeling.
Jim Galli wins the prize.

Yeah, it does make sense why you felt it was a wide angle. The background threw me off.

It's a neat photograph!