And it's easy enough to make your own soft-focus/portrait/verito lens:
All you need are the correct supplementary lenses to make the above design -- a weak meniscus lens in the front and a stronger doublet in the rear. And a step-up ring or two for your shutter.
I use inexpensive 55mm Rolev close-up filters in the front, and add more expensive 55mm Minolta doublet close-up lenses in the rear. They made three -- in unusual diopters. #0.95, #2.00, and #3.80. Don't ask me why.
So with a Rolev #1 on the front of a shutter, and a Minolta #3.80 on the rear of the shutter, I end up with a 208mm Verito.
And with a Rolev #2 on the front of a shutter, and a Minolta #3.80 on the rear of the shutter, I end up with a 172mm Verito.
And with no filter on the front of a shutter, and a Minolta #3.80 on the rear of the shutter, I end up with a 263mm Verito.
The aperture will, of course, vary with the shutter diameter.
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