Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:27 PM 1998-10-29 -0800, Jim Brick, Quizzical Cuss, noted: >As lenses got sharper, Zeiss invented the Softar. > That actually is what happened. Subjects got nervous when they began to appear, "warts and all", as they actually looked. So, soft-focus filters came out. No biggie, but, then, when I do a professional shoot, my clients understand up front that they are damned lucky to get pictures at all, and quality be damned: just be happy at what you get! And they pay me accordingly ... Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!