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<p>@Dave<br> I live in one of the 57 states (if you're a BHO fan) and I got an offer, too! :)</p>

<p>Yup, wide angle lens "usually" are not designed to give shallow DOF. It is easier to get very deep DOF using one. Maybe because of the close focusing distance and a 1.8 aperture? I wonder how the Sigma 20mm f1.8 handles such scenes?<br> Just to compare, I attached a capture of the same scene using a Nikon 85mm f1.4g</p> <p><a title="Nikon 85mm f1.4g by wredgie, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/34222123@N07/15419025225"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15419025225_77280bb6c9_z.jpg" alt="Nikon 85mm f1.4g" width="640" height="448" /></a><br> Nikon 85mm f1.4g</p>

<p><a title="Nikon 20mm f1.8g by wredgie, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3930/15405628135_0418e76cdc_z.jpg" alt="Nikon 20mm f1.8g" width="640" height="453" /></a><br> There it is! I'm still trying to figure out this "link to flickr" thingy. :)<br> Nikon 20mm f1.8g</p>

<p>Inspired by Tom's suggestion of an OOF Christmas light, here's a 100% crop (center) of OOF Christmas lights! What do y'all think? Pretty? Ugly?<br /> <br /> https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3930/15405628135_0418e76cdc_z.jpg<br> <br /> Sorry, i can't make the pic to post . Just click on the link if you wanna see it.</p>

<p>As I have stated, all these sample pics are UNedited. Straight out of the camera except for resizing. And it's only to show how the 'bokeh' of this particular lens looks like. Nothing more. If I wanted creamy bokeh, I'll use my 85mmf1.4g. If I like sharpness all over, I will use my 24-70mm f2.8g. BUT, IMHO, this 20mm with it's less than 8" minimum focusing distance and a fast f1.8 aperture is definitely a keeper. I could set it at f1.8 to isolate my subject or I can set my aperture to f8-11 to be "all inclusive" :)<br> The lens definitely needs more testing to determine what situation it will be of best use to me. Have a good day! </p>

<p>One more pic. (Funny this didn't show up at my previous post?)</p> <p><a title="Nikon 20mm f1.8 by wredgie, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3864/15386757212_8db0b24b16_z.jpg" alt="Nikon 20mm f1.8" width="640" height="428" /></a></p>

<p>Just got my Nikon 20mm f1.8 and to those of you interested to see how the bokeh looks like, here are some samples. Unedited shots from a D600. Resized only for web, nothing else is done on CS6. All shots f1.8 and focused about 12" from the sensor's plane.<br /> <a title="C_8663 by wredgie, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/15387049535_fb53058c57_z.jpg" alt="C_8663" width="640" height="428" /></a><br /> <a title="C_8696 by wredgie, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/15200386950_5572d84e06_z.jpg" alt="C_8696" width="640" height="428" /></a><br /> <a title="C_8693 by wredgie, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2950/15387050785_381f8ae945_z.jpg" alt="C_8693" width="640" height="428" /></a><br /> <a title="C_8692 by wredgie, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/15364051606_6a320db44b_z.jpg" alt="C_8692" width="640" height="428" /></a><br /> </p>