Originally Posted by
Harold_4074
It might seem so, but then again you might be surprised. I have an adaptation to put a 9" Series II Velostigmat (soft-focus portrait lens, intended for 4x5) on a Hasselblad. It was a fun thing to do, but I wouldn't do it again---the MF negative only uses the center of the field, which is neither sharp by MF standards (i.e., good enough to make a reasonable enlargement) nor soft in LF terms (that nice glow from contact print size up to about 2-3 X enlargement). I think the technical term for this image quality is "blah". (The penalty for heresy, as imposed by the mythical gods of large format?)
Only the experiment will tell, but if the fluoroscopy lens has (as I would expect) relatively low definition uniformly across the field, it could make a decent informal portrait lens. If you want selective depth of field, this optic will certainly do it for you!
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