I don't hear much about the Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 with SoftFocus, but it sure sounds interesting.
We all know that most of the newest lenses are extremely sharp. So much so that they can be unflattering to women. Very unflattering.
Then I happened across a couple of reviews of this lens. I looked at the flickr photo pool and can see where soft focus can be a useful tool (stretch marks, lines, wrinkles). There was a woman in her late 40's I shot some photos of a few months back that was pretty good looking, however the lines and wrinkles on her face became dark canyons. I couldn't show her the photos at all. Some fill flash would have been a good idea I think.
I have a little film camera (Voigtlander Vito) that requires one to estimate the distance to the subject to get proper focus. Sometimes the effect of getting it wrong can be pleasing in a portrait.
The 135 f/2.8 SF is a very old lens and I have only seen it in stock a few times and that was a couple of years ago. I know the effect can be recreated in photoshop.
Still I am left wondering what some of you that have used this lens think about it and also if you think a frosted (?) filter does just as good a job.
Thanks guys!
We all know that most of the newest lenses are extremely sharp. So much so that they can be unflattering to women. Very unflattering.
Then I happened across a couple of reviews of this lens. I looked at the flickr photo pool and can see where soft focus can be a useful tool (stretch marks, lines, wrinkles). There was a woman in her late 40's I shot some photos of a few months back that was pretty good looking, however the lines and wrinkles on her face became dark canyons. I couldn't show her the photos at all. Some fill flash would have been a good idea I think.
I have a little film camera (Voigtlander Vito) that requires one to estimate the distance to the subject to get proper focus. Sometimes the effect of getting it wrong can be pleasing in a portrait.
The 135 f/2.8 SF is a very old lens and I have only seen it in stock a few times and that was a couple of years ago. I know the effect can be recreated in photoshop.
Still I am left wondering what some of you that have used this lens think about it and also if you think a frosted (?) filter does just as good a job.
Thanks guys!