I am a fine art large format photographer that recently started down the path of exploring vintage soft focus lenses. Only a short time into it I can say that I have probably been sucked into a vortex that I will likely never be able to leave. With the help of a kind fellow large format photographer (Garrett Allen) I have recently acquired my first Wollensak Verito 14 1/2" for my Eastman No 2 8x10 and have been having a blast. I am really enjoying this new area and I am having a great time expanding my photography as well.
I am writing the group here because I want your help in finding good resources to learn about the history and specifics of the large format vintage soft focus lenses. All of the various designs, lenses, period of time, etc is a bit overwhelming standing at the beginning of this journey, but I know it will all be second nature in due time. I am pulling together a new blog to more or less document my journey and hopefully as I collect more information others will find it and it will be helpful to them. My focus is large format vintage soft focus only. If you are interested in contributing information to the blog just email me and I can get you setup as a contributor.
Any pointers to information, whether it be websites, books, etc would be very helpful. I've found some sites as you may have guessed, but I don't want to assume I have found all of them and have no basis for knowing their quality of information at this time.
Thanks,
Tim
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