Small Format SOFT focus lenses

[jp]

Not sure how it works on the smaller formats (probably more difficult visually), but I can not reliably judge halo/glow visually on the GG with LF soft lenses. I go by experience, knowing which F stops provide which results in different lighting situations.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Schmactenburg and Rodenstock teamed up to bring back the 120mm and 150mm 4.5 Imagon lenses in T-2 mounts for any 35mm interchangeable lens camera as well as in mounts for Rollei SL66, 6XXX, Hasselblad 500 and 2000, Pentax 645 and 67 and Mamiya 645 and RB and RZ cameras.

Zörkendorfer and Rodenstock teamed up to bring the 200mm 5.8 Imagon in mounts for the same cameras above.

These were available into the 90's new.

And, today, the new Petzval is now availble in both Nikon and Canon mount. It is an 85mm.

[Amedeus]

From the OP; I've been looking for small classic era soft focus lenses

Old Cine soft focus lenses are like hens teeth. The modern non-achromatic simple meniscii don't get the job done (imesho)

Totally agree with Jim on the Cine soft focus (and Petzvals for the proponents of the look) when it comes to adopting for 35mm or MF. I've converted quite a few short focal SF lenses for use on my digital and film MF/35mm cameras.

http://amedeusphoto.zenfolio.com/blo...vintage_lenses for an overview and the way I solve the adaptation problems, there are quite a few follow up posts with images from a few lenses (Struss, Kalosat, Eidoscope ... )

I also have a few "modern" SF implementations. Love the Pentax 120mm SF lens but cannot push myself to use anything Mamiya SF any longer, just doesn't cut it for my esthetics. The Minolta 85mm SF lenses work well on 35mm cameras.

YMMV,

Cheers,
Rudi.

[Iga]

Hand made 85mm f4 meniscus, 35mm Minolta SLR.
Igor.

[Jody_S]

Hand made 85mm f4 meniscus, 35mm Minolta SLR.
Igor.

Love it!

[renes]

Another Lancaster 6" menisci shot:

Attachment 129814

[goamules]

Good one Renes.

[Armin Seeholzer]

35mm
Canon (new) FD: 85mm f/2.8 Soft Focus
Canon EOS: EF 135 f2.8 Soft Focus
Fuji M42: EBC Fujinon SF 85/4
Leica: 9cm F2.2 Thambar
Minolta MD: Minolta 85mm f/2.8 Varisoft
Minolta AF: Minolta AF 100 F2.8 Soft
Nikon F: nothing that I could find
Nikon AF: AF DC-Nikkor 105mm f/2, AF DC-Nikkor135 f/2
Olympus: nothing that I could find
Pentax K: SMC Pentax Soft 85/2.2,
Pentax K (AF): SMC Pentax-F 85/2.8 Soft, SMC Pentax-FA 28/2.8 Soft, SMC Pentax-FA 85/2.8 Soft
Sony AF: Sony AF 100 F2.8 Soft
Tamron Adpatall: Tamron SP 70-150mm f2.8 Soft

Medium Format
Fuji GX: EBC Fujinon GX SF190/8, EBC Fujinon GXM SF190/8
Mamiya 645: Mamiya-Sekor SF C 145/4
Mamiya RB67: Mamiya 150 mm f/4.0 C Variable Soft Focus
Mamiya RZ67: Mamiya 180 mm f/4.0 D/L Variable Soft Focus
Pentax 6x7: SMC Pentax 67 120/3.5

You missed the Imagon 120mm, the Sima 100mm and the Seibold Dreamagon which I all have but only this 3 in 35mm and yes the Nikkor DC is also a usefull SF lens if you use it right! Cheers Armin

[renes]

Good one Renes.

Thank you Garret.

All these photos I took in Warsaw parks, they are great places for soft focus.
Here there is another example, Gundlach 7 1/2" menisci f/8, Adox CHS25, Voigtlander Bergheil 6x9.

Attachment 130394

[Barry Kirsten]

Oh, nice!