> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:05:57 +0100
> From: Nick Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: EOS Soft focus filter for 70-200 2.8
>
> What reccommendations do users of the the EF 70-200mm 2.8 lens have
> to soften it's effect for portraiture?
>
> Thanks
>
--- Nick Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What reccommendations do users of the the EF
> 70-200mm 2.8 lens have
> to soften it's effect for portraiture?
Buy a Rebel II or Rebel IIs and use the soft-focus
setting. :-) (It makes the 100mm f2 particulary
"dreamlike")
The old "clear nail polish d
What reccommendations do users of the the EF 70-200mm 2.8 lens have
to soften it's effect for portraiture?
Thanks
--
Nick Young
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> I've been trying a variety of soft-focus filters and have been
> dissatisfied with the results (I'm also tired of buying those filters).
> I remember reading on the list that there is a Rebel body (the II?) that
> has a soft focus option, and I am also looking at the 135 f2.8
> soft-focus lens.
> The one Rebel (or was it an Elan) that had the softening function worked
> like this. It was a barcode program.
The soft focus mode on the Rebel II and IIs wasn't a barcode program;
there's an SF setting on the command dial, and the main dial is used to
select between 2 degrees of soft focus ef
> Tom Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The body you're referring to is the Rebel IIs, the methods by
> which it works always seemed suspect to me, but I"ve no
> experience. ...
Hi Jeff & Tom,
The Rebel SII is equivalent to the EOS 1000FN (which I still
have) that has the SF (soft focus) fun
nce.
To me the 135 has a big advantage because it frees you to
buy a more modern body, like the2000 or 7e.
Tom P.
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From: "Jeffrey Higa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: EOS Soft Focus option
Jeffrey Higa wrote:
I currently own a Rebel G and am starting to take a lot of protrait
shots of people using either my 100mm EF (old style) Macro or my 28-135
IS. I always mount the camera to an old Vivitar bracket and use
available light with a 380 EX flash + Sto-Fen Onmi bounce for fill.
I'
Jeff -
Other options:
* White pantyhose over lens
* Vaseline over a cheap filter
* Photoshop softening filter
* More expensive softening filter
* Porters has a neat softening gadget (Cokin P system compatible) that uses
some sort of difraction grating, very neat.
* Canon does have
Hi,
I currently own a Rebel G and am starting to take a lot of protrait
shots of people using either my 100mm EF (old style) Macro or my 28-135
IS. I always mount the camera to an old Vivitar bracket and use
available light with a 380 EX flash + Sto-Fen Onmi bounce for fill.
I've been trying a
on 12/5/00 12:53 PM, Daniel Flather at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> EF 135mm f/2.8 with Soft focus
> I'm considering the purchase of this lens and my questions are:
>
> Is the soft focus the same effect as a soft focus filter affecting the
> highlights or is it more like a fog filter? Or am I bett
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