Corran
15-Apr-2012, 19:48
I was messing around with my Gundlach 300mm f/4.5 lens and discovered that the rear element makes a great soft-focus lens. It has a lot of diffusion and spherical aberrations, but still has a sharp core to the image. This is wide-open - stopped down it gets gradually sharper, eventually becoming really quite sharp.
From my calculations, the rear element is approximately a 200mm f/3 or 3.5. I haven't shot anything with it but I will soon. I thought I'd post this so maybe others with this lens can experiment with it as well. That's quite fast for a 200mm of course. I am thinking it will make some nice soft-focus wide angle landscapes on 8x10.
From my calculations, the rear element is approximately a 200mm f/3 or 3.5. I haven't shot anything with it but I will soon. I thought I'd post this so maybe others with this lens can experiment with it as well. That's quite fast for a 200mm of course. I am thinking it will make some nice soft-focus wide angle landscapes on 8x10.