I think this is true but if used for portraiture I would usually use an 85 and
shoot around f/2 or 2.8. The Softar works wonders on out of focus backgrounds.
At 10:22 PM 10/15/99 +0800, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>Just bought a Heliopan Zeiss Softar I filter...... Is it true that no matter
>what aperture, the softness remains the same ? Unlike Hoya's where the
>larger the aperture, the more foggy, and the smaller the aperture, the less
>soft effect U see .....
>
>How do U focus with this ?
It's not hard... the split image still works but even on the ground glass you
can see if it is in focus or not.
>If I want to add a circ polarizer , do I put the Softar after the lens or
>after the polarizer ?
>
Hmm, never tried that one!
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