Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-05 Thread Jostein Øksne
Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Eric Weir wrote: Not of interest to me, but I thought the group would at least reading what Frye has to say. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses. Endorsed with reservations and caveats: http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2015/07

Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: When I started out as a young hardware pup I worked under an engineer whose university thesis involved deconvolution image processing algorithms running on a custom instruction set CPU that he built using 2901 ECL bit slice parts. Wire-wrapped across a large array of boards.

Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-04 Thread Bruce Walker
. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses. Endorsed with reservations and caveats: http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2015/07/01/cure-soft-lenses/ Seems to be a deconvolution tool like Focus Fixer and Focus Magic. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail

Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-04 Thread Jostein Øksne
...@robertstech.com: Eric Weir wrote: Not of interest to me, but I thought the group would at least reading what Frye has to say. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses. Endorsed with reservations and caveats: http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2015/07/01/cure

Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-02 Thread Eric Weir
thought the group would at least reading what Frye has to say. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses. Endorsed with reservations and caveats: http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2015/07/01/cure-soft-lenses

Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-02 Thread Bruce Walker
That's an interesting and well-written article/review. Thanks, Eric! On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Not of interest to me, but I thought the group would at least reading what Frye has to say. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses

Re: A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Eric Weir wrote: Not of interest to me, but I thought the group would at least reading what Frye has to say. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses. Endorsed with reservations and caveats: http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2015/07/01/cure-soft-lenses

A software cure for soft lenses

2015-07-01 Thread Eric Weir
Not of interest to me, but I thought the group would at least reading what Frye has to say. In any case, Piccure+, a software “cure” for soft lenses. Endorsed with reservations and caveats: http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2015/07/01/cure-soft-lenses

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-04 Thread Fred
Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And, there are some 3rd-party lenses, too. A couple of interesting examples: Hoya (Tokina) 85/2.5 and Tamron 70-150/2.8. Fred

Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Toralf Lund
I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite reasonable, don't you think? - Toralf

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread dao_
Hello Toralf, Friday, June 3, 2005, 3:31:54 PM, you wrote: TL I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. TL Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite TL reasonable, don't you think? TL - Toralf Thats good price IMHO. I do want to buy

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Toralf Lund wrote: I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite reasonable, don't you think? Very. If you find another one, let me know :-) K

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Toralf Lund
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Toralf, Friday, June 3, 2005, 3:31:54 PM, you wrote: TL I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. TL Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite TL reasonable, don't you think? TL - Toralf Thats good

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite reasonable, don't you think? Toralf, I've recently saw F variant being sold on eekBay for $300, so your should be a steal... Enjoy this very

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Gonz
Sign me up too! rg Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Toralf Lund wrote: I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite reasonable, don't you think? Very. If you find another

Re: Since 85mm soft lenses were mentioned recently... And lens prices, too...

2005-06-03 Thread Toralf Lund
Gonz wrote: Sign me up too! rg Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Toralf Lund wrote: I expect to get one - the FA variant - in the post in a couple of days. Paid NOK 1000,- for it. That would be about 125 euros, I believe. Quite reasonable, don't you think? Very. If you

Turning the Helios 44K into a Soft lens (Ex-Soft Lenses)

2003-03-05 Thread Levente -Levi- Littvay
Boris I just got one on e-bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2914854576ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6 Is there any way you can provice more information on how to turn this lens into one like yours? (maybe if you could send me the contact of the person who did it, if you

Re: Photoshop craftsmanship, WAS: Soft Lenses

2003-03-03 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Sunday, March 2, 2003, 11:34:28 PM, you wrote: On 2 Mar 2003 at 10:18, William Robb wrote: Some thoughts (mine only) on craftsmanship though. A craftsman can produce something from raw material with skill and little waste. In the woodshop, that means not making bad cuts that cause you

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Nick Zentena
On March 2, 2003 12:21 am, Rob Studdert wrote: On 1 Mar 2003 at 22:23, J. C. O'Connell wrote: soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses are obsolete due to photoshop IMHO. Of course in the case of emulating an 11mm shift in photoshop from a full frame 35mm film scan would mean that a

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: Soft Lenses no, but it's being replaced with the craftsmanship of photoshop and digital printers. Ther's craftsmanship in Photoshop? Theres a hard to swallow concept. William Robb

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Nick Zentena Subject: Re: Soft Lenses On March 2, 2003 12:21 am, Rob Studdert wrote: On 1 Mar 2003 at 22:23, J. C. O'Connell wrote: soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses are obsolete due to photoshop IMHO. Of course in the case of emulating

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Mike Johnston
soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses are obsolete due to photoshop IMHO. Except soft-focus lenses and shift lenses have ALWAYS been obsolete. Well, actually, soft-focus lenses have only been obsolete since about 1910. But view cameras have always been better than shift lenses. --Mike

RE: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Cameron Hood
Soft focus maybe, although you get quite a different quality of softness from soft lenses or from the magnificent Zeiss Softtar filters than you do from a Gaussian blur in Photoshop (I have a Zeiss Softar 1 and a Vivitar soft focus filter that fit all my lenses). It does not hit and spread

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Nick Zentena
On March 2, 2003 09:21 am, William Robb wrote: You can play with perspective in Photoshop, but it is an extremely inefficient use of pixels. In Rob's example, an 11mm shift would take a 6x7 image down to about the same area as a 35mm frame. In JCO's example of But thats not shift

Re: Photoshop craftsmanship, WAS: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Mar 2003 at 10:05, Mike Johnston wrote: Holy cow. I'll wager you've never seen a really good operator working in PS or Quark! They're bloody ninjas. Really a pleasure watching some of them work. I agree, I spent quite a bit of time in pre-press and design houses and some of the stuff

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Mar 2003 at 8:20, Nick Zentena wrote: Obviously I'm missing something but I'll ask anyways. How is it possible to shift after the picture is taken? Isn't that just cropping? Or do people glue two pictures to make one? It's re-mapping and cropping, so you have to shoot wider than

Re: Photoshop craftsmanship, WAS: Soft Lenses

2003-03-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Mar 2003 at 10:18, William Robb wrote: Some thoughts (mine only) on craftsmanship though. A craftsman can produce something from raw material with skill and little waste. In the woodshop, that means not making bad cuts that cause you to waste that piece of wood and start again. In the

Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread Levente -Levi- Littvay
I know that Pentax makes the 85/2.2 and the 85/2.8. How do they compare? Do I have any other options? L

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: Soft Lenses soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses are obsolete due to photoshop IMHO. I presume that IYHO the craftsmanship of printing is obsolete? William Robb

RE: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
no, but it's being replaced with the craftsmanship of photoshop and digital printers. JCO -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Soft Lenses - Original Message - From

RE: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Mar 2003 at 22:23, J. C. O'Connell wrote: soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses are obsolete due to photoshop IMHO. Of course in the case of emulating an 11mm shift in photoshop from a full frame 35mm film scan would mean that a significant portion of the original un-shifted image

RE: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread J. C. O'Connell
that why i shoot 67 and 4X5! :) JCO -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Soft Lenses On 1 Mar 2003 at 22:23, J. C. O'Connell wrote: soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! LLL I know that Pentax makes the 85/2.2 and the 85/2.8. How do they LLL compare? Do I have any other options? You seem to. I know that people can do it themselves, I have a friend who did it for me. Take any old lens, but Helios 44K lenses seem the best for that. Take out all the elements

RE: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Mar 2003 at 0:26, J. C. O'Connell wrote: that why i shoot 67 and 4X5! :) 360 degree panos could get mighty expensive in 4x5 :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html

Re: Soft Lenses

2003-03-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! JCOC soft focus lenses as well as shift lenses are obsolete JCOC due to photoshop IMHO. You're probably right but... If one wants to study the photography of the pre-PhotoShop time or simply to excel in minimizing any kind of retouching of their images, then both are useful. That would me