[Leica] Testing Large Format Soft Focus lenses

[Philippe]

The model is superior :-) Like the poses.

The bokeh in the first one is silky smooth, good choice of lens.

The second one has what I consider bad bokeh; not only the circles are potato shaped, but also the meniscus around them is too white hence harsh when softer and more pleasant bokehs' are just the opposite thanks to better controlled transitions.

Amities

Philippe



> Le 3 sept. 2019 à 12:10, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> a écrit :
> 
> OK, please do not criticize the model, as these are "selfies", testing a
> couple soft focus lens I have (actually, I probably have too many SF
> lens....)
> 
> This image is from an 8" Rexo Pictorialist I just got from a Russian
> photog. It comes with an adapter for Copal 3S, which I do not have, but I
> duck-taped the adapter to a Copal 3 shutter for testing. As expected, F4
> and 5.6 are very soft, but the F8 looks good. Some sharpening applied etc.
> The bokeh is really nice with very round aperture.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/LF201909AA-F01.jpg.html
> 
> This image is from the 150mm Congo SF, also at F8. Much contrasty, which is
> nice in its own way. This lens uses the Copal aperture, so not as round.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/LF201909AB-F03.jpg.html
> 
> 
> 
> I also have 3 100-years old Cooke triplets of different focal length, and
> the incomparable Cooke PS945. Yea,... too many soft focus lens.
> 
> Film is Shanghai GP3, soaked in Xtol.
> 
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