Testing…testing…
March 7th, 2019
These photos were a test. Angie agreed to help me try out a new lens I’d just gotten.
I’ve been hunting for a good soft-focus lens for my Micro 4/3 cameras. I have an old single-element lens that I’ve used for many years that is just about perfect. It’s Nikon mount, but can be easily adapted to Micro 4/3. But, it’s a 100mm lens. That worked well on full-frame Nikons. It was manageable on crop-sensor Nikons where the effective focal length was 150mm. But on Micro 4/3 it is effectively a 200mm…and that’s just a little too long for most of what I want to shoot with it.
I heard of some cheap lenses used for surveillance cameras that were sharp stopped down, but get softer as they are opened up to their maximum f/1.4. I got a couple of them to give them a try. These are the results.
My verdict is: close, but no cigar. These lenses are ok, but they aren’t going to produce the soft results with the kind of highlights that I’m looking for.
Angie, on the other hand, is definitely wonderful, as she always is. Thanks Angie!
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