Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gib Robinson wrote: > I haven't followed every turn in the discussion of portrait lenses, > but I get the impression that for a number of people, it pays to have > a lens of lesser quality to soften portraits and that lenses like the > 100mm f/2.8 APO are considered poor for portraits because they're too > sharp. That's not my experience, and I'd be interested in hearing from > other LUGers who have used their best lenses for portraits. I > certainly have. My absolute favorite portrait lens was the Zeiss T* > 150mm on a Hassleblad. That lens somehow doesn't stike me as very sharp. Not in a portrait-unfriendly way, anyway. Yes it's a great portrait lens, and no, I don't regard it as clinically sharp. Bernard