Judy's shoe collection as seen by my new Wollaston 100mm f:1.8 Soft Focus lens. This was shot as a Paper Negative as a quick, simple tactic to check different levels of softness at various apertures.
100mm f:1.7 Wollaston Soft Focus Lens @ f:2.4... No filter, north window light, white card reflector from shadow side.
Exposure
"about" 1 second (using the black card shutter system). Incident light metered... EV 4.2... I used ASA/ISO: 12
Film & Developer
NO FILM.... Glossy RC, VC enlarging paper, I used ISO speed 12... (developed by inspection under safelight) for "about" 5 minutes.
Paper & Developer
DBI (Develop By Inspection) is a useful tactic if a precise shutter speed is not possible. Just develop for density, then scan and/or adjust for contrast later...
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One thing led to another… A new design hatched while I was making a 125mm 2.3 Wollaston for a customers 80x80mm Horseman 45FA lensboard… I thought... those with short bellows 4x5’s could use a short soft focus lens too… Soooo~, On the showroom floor; ladies and gentlemen; I present… … A New...