Not quite the same thing. There's nothing quite like the effect of an
older, "poorly corrected" lens. For some reason the results from soft focus
attachments look just like that to me: attached. The next best thing is
taking a sharp image into the darkroom and softening it during printing
using various techniques. Also, Spiratone offers a special portrait lens
(single element, I believe) designed to emulate those older, inherently
"flawed" lenses.
All very subjective, of course. I've seen many stunning portraits that were
unforgivingly sharp, and not necessarily just of stunningly beautiful young
things.
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Lex Jenkins
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"Don't worry about everything 'cause nothing's gonna be alright."
- Casey Lechmanski
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:37:21 -0600 (CST)
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Why not just stretch pantyhose over your current lenses, use filters
smeared with Vaseline, or use soft focus filters?
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 06:56:53, james olson wrote:
As part of a portrait project i would like to begin, i am trying to find
lenses between 50mm and 135mm that are very scratched, fungus prone,
etc.....
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