welcome!
would love to see some sample shots with bokeh.
Please be aware that bokeh DOES NOT mean "out of focus areas". Rather, bokeh is the quality of those out of focus areas.
but then, how do you define the "quality" of out-of-focus areas?
we noobies usually stereotype out-of-focus areas as bad.
but i have read some posting with samples taken with the 50mm f/1.2, where users define a good quality bokeh pic as one having the least distraction from the object-in-focus. for a noobie like me, it simply means the more blur the background is, the better.
but then, how do you define the "quality" of out-of-focus areas?
we noobies usually stereotype out-of-focus areas as bad.
but i have read some posting with samples taken with the 50mm f/1.2, where users define a good quality bokeh pic as one having the least distraction from the object-in-focus. for a noobie like me, it simply means the more blur the background is, the better.
Bokeh quality can be defined at its basic as the "roundness" of the bokeh highlights. The idea here is at 100% crop, the bokeh should be almost round. Using the Canon as an example, compare the 50 1.2L ,50 1.4 and 50 1.8. The quality of the OOF areas differs. For the L, no questions asked. Very good quality bokeh. Almost round. Next is the 1.4. Round, but within the shape, you can still see a certain hexagonal shape within it, but still acceptable. The next is 1.8. The hexagaonal shape is pronounced. Unless you are a pixel peeper or the quality of the bokeh is your major bugbear and $$$ is not an issue, get the best. Else the next set of lens I have mentioned are good enough.