Re: What Portrait lens

[Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx>]

My comment was meant to be sort of a heads up about macro lenses and portraits.  I was trying to point out that macro lenses can faithfully reproduce every blemish that may be not very obvious to the naked eye.  A lot of portrait subjects will not be real happy about that. 

Yes, you can fake the softness with software, or as we did in the film days, by stretching the fabric from pantyhose across the front of the lens.

Bob

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

On Mon, April 6, 2009 15:29, Bob wrote:
  

One thing about macro lenses, they are usually tack sharp.  This could
be less than a good thing for a portrait lens.
    

Softness is easy to fake.  Unless you want to go for a variable softness
lens or something fancy, it seems to make sense to me to use a "good" lens
and then muck it up as needed later.  Gives  you more options.

  

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