+1 thank you for the lesson. The 50 1/4 at f4 suits my taste. Yesterdays
flowers were impressive as usual.
>
> On June 21, 2017 at 5:38 PM Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 6/21/2017 9:55 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>
> > >
> > Thanks for that long and informative reply, Moose.
> >
> > >
> My pleasure.
>
> It's interesting and useful how being forced to write down the details of
> knowledge helps clarify it. So yes, it took
> some time, but you and possible other readers aren't the only ones to
> benefit.
>
> > >
> > I had noticed that it was fairly large, but it weighs about the
> > same as the Fuji 56/1.2, but is a little longer (or wider, I can’t make out
> > which).
> >
> > I notice that the only real shortcoming is the inability to control
> > the DoF independently of the artistic effect.; however the necessity to
> > place the point of sharp focus in the centre is also a bit of a drawback.
> >
> > >
> Add another limitation to the list. Again, with a soft filter, that's not
> the case.
>
> I'm not advocating that a filter is always the best choice, but that it
> sometimes, for some purposes, is better than a
> soft lens. All the myriad aberrations in the Velvet and my other soft
> lenses give various different results than a soft
> filter and each other.
>
> I suppose one might carry a Nikkor Soft filter with LB Velvet, for use
> when a smaller aperture is needed. I was just
> thinking about a handful of shots where there are two focal points, as in
> flowers, where a filter would be the only way
> to balance DoF, to get both in focus, and equal softness for both, at
> least in a single shot.
>
> Softie Moose
>
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