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Subject: Re: [OM] Lensbaby Velvet
From: Don Holbrook <donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:24:25 -0400 (EDT)
+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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