On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > On Apr 5, 2011, at 10:19 , Keith Whaley wrote: > >> Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: >>>> This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097&full=1 is one of my >>>> all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... >>>> >>>> Boris >> >>> Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this "sharpness trumps everything" >>> world. >>> kris >> >> How about the "Soft = blurry" world? >> >> IMMHO, if 'soft' is what everybody calls that lens, I'll stay away from it. >> >> Used to be, my eyes saw the world that way. I gladly paid a fair amount of >> money to CORRECT that deficiency. >> >> keith > > Keith, they used to sell a filter that was glass beaded except for the center > portion the size of from a dime to a quarter. I have several. They don't give > the same image that the 85mm ƒ2.2 "Soft" (Pentax's name) does, and if they > did, they don't equal the convenience of having all of them in one lens at > the same time. It makes a dreamy portrait lens.
The K-5 has a double exposure feature. I wonder what you could do by doing a double exposure with one of the exposures just a touch out of focus. > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” > –Lewis Hine > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
