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    Re: Anybody have experience with Cooke Soft focus lens?

    New ones are $3500, last time I looked a used one sold for $2990.00 They are seldom made, Badger takes a $500 deposit to even hold a place for a new one.

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    Re: Anybody have experience with Cooke Soft focus lens?

    Herb, Imuse mine with Efke Aura Ir, stopped down to f22.5 and it has a look like none of my other lenses.. Here's a link to a scan of one (the print is much more vibrant) http://www.apug.org/gallery1/showima...imageuser=2067

    Evan Clarke

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    Re: Anybody have experience with Cooke Soft focus lens?

    great picture, Evan- I shoot Rollei IR a lot, I will give that a try.

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    Re: Anybody have experience with Cooke Soft focus lens?

    hi herb

    i don't have your lens, but i have used soft lenses for a while now ( i just realized for almost 20 years? )
    while the temptation is to get a "normal" negative, soft lenses really shine when the negative
    is a bit dense/has meat on it. flat light, excessive bright light/high key just over expose and over develop a little ..
    and you might like the results of your lens better than with a normal or thin negative. play with the fstop ...
    sometimes lenses really sing when stopped down a bit.

    john

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    Re: Anybody have experience with Cooke Soft focus lens?

    Quote Originally Posted by evan clarke View Post
    Herb, Imuse mine with Efke Aura Ir, stopped down to f22.5 and it has a look like none of my other lenses.. Here's a link to a scan of one (the print is much more vibrant) http://www.apug.org/gallery1/showima...imageuser=2067

    Evan Clarke
    Great shot Evan. Very subtle..you can't quite put your finger on why it is doing what it's doing. A good use.

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