It should be noted that the technique for focusing the Imagon with h/stops is very different than for other soft focus lenses with conventional f/stops. With the Imagon, you focus on the sharp image with the h/stops closed, then open the h/stops to add the glow of spherical aberration. With conventional f/stops (including when using the Imagon with a conventional diaphragm), just set the aperture for the desired degree of softness and "focus to taste". With a panchromatic emulsion, what-you-see-is-what-you-get.
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Not according to Kuhn, and his method makes sense if you want a sharp image with a soft overlay. Focus for the sharp image for the central aperture, then add the soft effect from the peripheral h/stop apertures. The out-of-focus shift IS the soft effect. If you focus with the h/stops open, they may compromise the sharp image from the central aperture, which throws the dominant image.
In practice, we do what we want.
From Kuhn, in the link Russ posted:
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Having the soft image from focus shift overlaid on the sharp image is the whole point of the Imagon.
To quote from the Rodenstock's instructions online at: https://www.cameraeccentric.com/stat...s/imagon_1.pdf
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Later instructions, written by Joseph Foldes for IMAGON also note to focus with the peripheral holes closed then open up: https://www.cameraeccentric.com/stat...s/imagon_1.pdf
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