[Leica] on Eric's wanting "the best portrait glass"

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

Take a old Summar 50mm lens, get some sandpaper, roughly scratch the
surface. Voila!!! A soft focus lens. A cheaper way is to use a Holga.

Chris

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Subject: [Leica] on Eric's wanting "the best portrait glass"


>
>     Eric wants sharp portraits and Feli says there's such a thing as too
> sharp.
> Here's my story:
>     Years ago, when I used a Rolleiflex, my lady boss asked me to take a
> passport photo, which I did, and handed her the final 2x2 prints. She took
one
> look and tossed the prints  aside and stalked off. I looked at the prints
to see
> what she saw and there it was -- her mustache. I never even noticed
because I
> had worked for her for so long and we were good friends.
>      After that I always used a soft filter in photographing women over
18 --
> bob cole