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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-22-2021, 06:27 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-25-2018, 12:14 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-05-2018, 08:48 PM
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FINALLY!!!
(Ok no one know my story, but I had lost track of my 85mm soft for almost a year... I was too much in shame to talk about that in this thread...)
I finally found it in my dauther's room, after she quit the home.
In the last months, I was in the middle of home improvements, etc etc, and was searching for my lens all around the house, in the different "temporary" boxes I made to clear some of the rooms affected... I thought at one point that I had loaned it to my dauther, and when I asked her, she did not remembered seeing it... I was wondering if I had loaned it to someone else, but could not remember myself...
So last w-e, we emptied her room before making another improvement and found it in a drawer inside a big cabinet...
I need to go out and shoot a bit with that glass asap!
Stay tuned ! :-)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-23-2018, 08:37 PM
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Nice work!
Those are my favorites!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-15-2016, 08:19 PM
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In that K-1 review, they tested the SMC Pentax-K 85mm F2.2 Soft... not much but they tested it nonetheless!
Youtu.be
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-27-2016, 09:45 PM
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My pleasure... I thought it would motivate the owners to do more experiments... and shoot more with this lens!
I like your shots very much...
they are very special lens with a unique character...
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-22-2016, 10:16 AM
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Nice Dreamy effect! Do you know the aperture you used ? around f4 maybe ?
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-20-2016, 02:02 PM
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A very good reason to get out with your soft lens and shoot something else!
;)
Now that's not flowers! Pretty nice effect!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-12-2016, 05:07 PM
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Well, you have a good question... :hmm:
My initial intentions by creating this lens club were to "promote" those special Pentax or third parties labeled with "SOFT", where the amount of softness is controlled by the aperture ring...
My understanding is that photographers have a love-hate relationship with those SOFT lenses ...
For example, there are also the Lensbaby lenses that can create similar effects, but I dont want to include them, those are also very special! But I am not an expert in that domain...
The Sears lens seem to have the same kind of softness as the "genuine" soft lenses
Well, let's say that for comparison, I would agree to show something like your Sears lens... it may add certainly to the discussion! (I dont want to become control-freak but rather open-minded...:cool:)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-12-2016, 12:47 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-12-2016, 10:47 AM
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Hello, I recently acquired a FA 85 mm SOFT and I started to play with it (one example here: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/12-post-your-photos/315172-nature-up-tree-squirrel-view.html), but I find it hard to find a good context for it...
I'd like to create a SOFT lens club, i.e. a thread that focuses to see some sample shots made with these soft "special" lenses.
I know we can achieve the same effect with other means, but I'd be more interested to see what those special lenses can do...
You will find a similar thread (https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/264714-pent...xperience.html) that is more an informative point of view, but after a quick discussion with our admin, it might be relevant to create a separate lens club for showing your photos, so if more people post examples, it may inspire others on their best usage...
This is the list of SOFT lenses I have found in the Lens DB..
Pentax SOFT Lenses
SMC Pentax-F 85mm F2.8 Soft
SMC Pentax 85mm F2.2 Soft
SMC Pentax 67 / SMC Pentax-6x7 120mm F4 Soft
SMC Pentax-FA 28mm F2.8 Soft
SMC Pentax-FA 85mm F2.8 Soft
Third Party SOFT lenses (in Pentax Mount)
Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 70-150mm f/2.8 SOFT (51A)
Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 70-150mm f/2.8 SOFT (51A) Lens Reviews - Tamron Adaptall Lenses - Pentax Lens Review Database
I haven't done an extensive search, but if you know some others in K mounts, let me know and I'd add them to this list !
Here are a couple shots I have done in recently with the SMC Pentax-FA 85mm F2.8 Soft...
Some street photography at night
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC at Night by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC at Night by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
at around f5.6
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC at Night by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
same at near f2.8
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC at Night by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
Les Tissus du Québec by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
Restaurant le Comptoir by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
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