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Re: [OM] Moderate Contrast Lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] Moderate Contrast Lenses
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:49:28 -0800
At 10:10 11/10/00 , Toni wrote:
I'd like to know if any list's member can shows me lenses with moderate
contrast from the Zuiko's. I bought a 50mm f/1.4 >1,000,000 and I found it
very contrasty - that's not what I like on a lens, I prefer that ones with
moderate contrast instead.

Thanks in advance

TONI

I believe it's much easier to reduce the contrast of a lens than increase
it.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong:  doesn't a ND filter also reduce
contrast in addition to the light reduction (one could us a polarizer for
this too)?

Soft focus, fog, or diffusion filters typically reduce contrast, but they
also reduce resolution.

-- John

A neutral density filter that would make you operate the lens wide open should reduce contrast, resolution and increase some of the aberrations. A low contrast film that matches your vision would be the ticket, I think.

Winsor
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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