Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Apo and asph: pros and cons
From: Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 18:42:44 +0200

At 11:07 09.04.1998 EDT, Tom Shea wrote:
>For many kinds of portraits, I like the very sharp, detailed look.  However,
>for women and girls, I often like a very soft look.
>Although I have never found one I really like, I am confident that there are 
>some useful soft focus filters out there.

Tom, maybe you like to try a 2/90 R Summicron at f 2.0 or 2.8 ?
Or, if you have an LTM-to-M and M-to-R adapter, you might have fun
with an old 4/90 Elmar (USD 100-150), at f 4.0.

Alf



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