Originally Posted by
Jody_S
Well that clears up a lot. To be more specific, I liked the images on your page, I just don't think the first few qualify as 'soft focus' in the traditional sense. And if that is what the lens does, or should I say if that is all the lens can do, then it would definitely fall in the 'junk' category.
I've been experimenting with 19th century landscape lenses with the front aperture/washer assembly removed, so I use my f22 Darlot landscape lens at f9, to get a more-than-soft effect, especially in a scene with strong highlights. The actual soft-focus lenses I've used (Velo II, Verito, Eidoscope) are designed for portaits, and are not nearly soft enough for what I'm trying to do. And tricks like flipping the middle element of a Cooke triplet do not give pleasing effects, IMHO, nor using magnifying glass elements or the like. So when I saw those images, I was intrigued by the Seminat.
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