Alex Wei
4-Mar-2009, 12:16
I got a Wolly soft focus lens (12" Velostigmat II) lately and have been playing around with it for a while. I took the front cell out, release the screw that hold the cell for only 1 full turns so that I can go for even greater softness. I shot several images with the soft focus setting way passed the #5 set on the lens (about two full revolutions. Learned this from other thread :) ) and I like the results. It gives me a soft image with a little bit of "glow"= halo? compare to the #5 setting on the lens. The way I took the image is set the SF setting first, focus and then take the image.
My question is compare to other similar SF lenses like Cooke portrait lens or Universal Heliar lens, the SF setting on the Wolly Velostigmat turns more than the others. It only a quarter of whole turn before it reach the max soft setting on the Cooke or Heliar lens, but it took a full revolution to get the softness setting on the Velosigmat.
Can any one tell me why the Velosigmat needs to turn more than the Cooke or Heliar? Is it my way of using the lens the right way? Because I know some photographer didn't refocus after set the soft focus on the Velostigmat. They focus first with the sharpest setting, then apply the softness.
Thanks,
Alex W.
My question is compare to other similar SF lenses like Cooke portrait lens or Universal Heliar lens, the SF setting on the Wolly Velostigmat turns more than the others. It only a quarter of whole turn before it reach the max soft setting on the Cooke or Heliar lens, but it took a full revolution to get the softness setting on the Velosigmat.
Can any one tell me why the Velosigmat needs to turn more than the Cooke or Heliar? Is it my way of using the lens the right way? Because I know some photographer didn't refocus after set the soft focus on the Velostigmat. They focus first with the sharpest setting, then apply the softness.
Thanks,
Alex W.