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Subject: Re: [OM] .... Zeiss Softar I.....
From: "claire" <clairetm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 14:09:13 +0800
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From: Denton Taylor <denton@xxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, October 16, 1999 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] .... Zeiss Softar I.....


>I think this is true but if used for portraiture I would usually use an 85
and
>shoot around f/2 or 2.8. The Softar works wonders on out of focus
backgrounds.
>
>
>At 10:22 PM 10/15/99 +0800, you wrote:
>>Dear friends,
>>Just bought a Heliopan Zeiss Softar I filter...... Is it true that no
matter
>>what aperture, the softness remains the same ? Unlike Hoya's where the
>>larger the aperture, the more foggy, and the smaller the aperture, the
less
>>soft effect U see .....
>>
>>How do U focus with this ?
>
>It's not hard... the split image still works but even on the ground glass
you
>can see if it is in focus or not.
>
>>If I want to add a circ polarizer , do I put the Softar after the lens or
>>after the polarizer ?
>>
>Hmm, never tried that one!
>
>
>
>________________________________
>Regards,
>Denton Taylor
>
>Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com.
>Panoramas and Immersive Imaging at
> www.threehundredsixty.com
>
Dear Denton,
Thanks for the reply.. will try out with my 85/2 and the Summicron f2...
reason I asked about the circ pol was because I came across an outdoor
situation where I had to cut out a lot of glare & reflections, yet I wanted
to shoot a soft focus effect on a young couple. I took the pic with the
Summicron and Hoya diffuser... quite an unpleasant result..... ruined the
chance of a nice pic with nice smiles from the willing subjects.

TMLee

ps... nice gallery..... I too take a lot of pics of my kids..... thinking
about how to set up a photo gallery too... but don't know where to start...
don't know how..... and busy as h*ll......


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