Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know. When I first started this hobby, I saw a Rodenstock Imagon 250mm lens for sale - looked new at a bargain price. The Imagon has press-on "filters" that look like sink strainers. The idea is to give a softness and "glow" to images. So I mounted in on a 4x5 Linhof and took some photos of the old folks. Of course, I found out that soft wrinkles look bad and sharp wrinkles are interesting. But, with young folks it did indeed give an interesting "glow" to a perfect complexion, that which would be trivial with PS today. The importer sent me a copy of "The Book of the Imagon" and I found it was initially intended to be used for effects such as fog. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:33 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: A portrait at ISO 1600 > > Philippe > > Diffusion, or intentional unsharpening, should be left for portraits of > people my > age, 80, not for 2 year olds. > > Jerry