The nikkor soft 2 is a winner in this contest.
...Wayne
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> Subject: [OM] Some Like It Soft
>
> I've acquired a few new "Alt" lenses:
>
> A real oddball, a Spiratone 85/1.8 Y/S mount just arrived. It turns out that
> the
> f1.7 variety is ordinary. The f1.8 seems to have been a variant with aperture
> plate in place of diaphragm. I've since found a picture of that. I was just
> looking for cheap, "bad" lens, so bought one with the diaphragm 'stuck
> open'. It appears to be one of the aperture plate variety - with the plate
> removed. All the Rube Goldberg linkage to operate the diaphragm is there,
> with nothing to operate.
>
> So, it only operates wide open. That's OK with me; if I want a good 85 mm FF
> lens, I have the OM 85/2. I've got a variable density filter on it for now. It
> does make a lovely, soft image wide open.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23196>
>
> It also has a reputation for great bokeh, and I have to agree, smooooth.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23204>
>
> Another old Spiratone, a Portragon 100/4 has come to live here, too, a single
> element, fixed aperture lens. so I had to do a quick comparison to my other
> single element lens, a SIMA Soft Focus 100/2 that I've had for many years.
> Both @ f4, it's interesting how very different their imaging is.
>
> Spiratone Portragon 100/4 <http://zone-
> 10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23198>
>
> SIMA Soft Focus 100/2, @ f4 <http://zone-
> 10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23200>
>
> And, just for fun, a Konica Hexanon AR 40/1.8, @ f1.8. (Not as bad as I had
> hoped.) <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23202>
>
> I've also recently taken a couple of flowers using the old Nikkor Soft 2
> filter:
>
> Hyacinth <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23192>
>
> Tulip <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23194>
>
> A nice thing about the Nikkor Soft filters is that I can get the softness AND
> some nice DoF. Shooting 4/3 @ f5.6, I get DoF like FF @ f11 or so, but a
> completely different look to the background than one of my "fast-bad" FF
> lenses wide open. In the case of the Tulip, I quite like the soft, almost
> abstract subject matter in the near background.
>
> Softly, softly, Catchee Moosie
>
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