I hear people say lenses produce "soft" images but Im not sure what they mean. Is it the opposite of "sharp"? If possible, could someone please post examples?
cali Senior Member  266 posts Joined Jan 2006 More info | Oct 05, 2006 17:54 | #1 I hear people say lenses produce "soft" images but Im not sure what they mean. Is it the opposite of "sharp"? If possible, could someone please post examples? 20D, 17-85 kit lens, 70-200 F4, 50 1.4, Amvona AT CF 994 Tripod, Manrotto Monopod that I have never used and a 580EX Flash
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Stavhp Goldmember  2,303 posts Joined May 2006 Location: UK More info | Oct 05, 2006 18:08 | #2 SOFT=oppisite of sharp Canon 7D, sigma 17-70, Canon 50mm F1.8, Canon 70-300mm IS
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tange1 Member 142 posts Joined Sep 2006 More info | Oct 05, 2006 18:50 | #3 Soft often means a picture thats details aren't sharp and crisp like a good lens. Sometimes soft can be a good thing, if thats what you were going for. Canon Rebel Xti, EF-S 18-55mm kit lens
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Grooby Member 92 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Redmond Washington More info | Oct 05, 2006 19:48 | #4 the question is then how to you intentionally make something soft? make things just a little out of focus?!?! Jonathan Lin
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Livinthalife Cream of the Crop  5,118 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Austin,TX More info | Oct 05, 2006 19:53 | #5 intentional soft is usually done through photoshop. -Andy-
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Oct 05, 2006 19:54 | #6 I hear that a lot of people like wedding photos to be soft. 20D, 17-85 kit lens, 70-200 F4, 50 1.4, Amvona AT CF 994 Tripod, Manrotto Monopod that I have never used and a 580EX Flash
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Rubberhead Goldmember  1,899 posts Likes: 1 Joined Feb 2006 Location: South Carolina's Lowcountry More info | My understanding is that soft is used to "blend" small blemishes and wrinkles. Before photoshop they would breath on the lens to put a light coating of condenstation on the lens to soften things up. EQUIPMENT: 40D | Rebel XT | EF 70-200mm f/4L IS | EF-S 10-22mm | EF 28-135mm IS | EF-S 18-55mm IS | EF 50mm 1.8 - flickr
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Grooby Member 92 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Redmond Washington More info | Oct 05, 2006 21:29 | #8 interesting.....time to read up on photoshop and photograhy Jonathan Lin
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RonaldS.Jr. Prodigal "Brick" Layer  More info | Oct 05, 2006 21:31 | #9 A soft shot, to me, is different than a soft focus shot. Soft focus is an effect. You want it nice and sharp, and then soften it. Blurry is blurry, though. Mac users swear by their computers. PC users swear at theirs.
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TMRDesign Cream of the Crop  23,883 posts Likes: 12 Joined Feb 2006 Location: Huntington Station, NY More info | When a picture has a sligtly soft focus is it always the lens or does the auto focus system in the camera contribue to this? does a lens with a soft focus on one camera typically produce the same soft focus on another camera? Robert
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Mark_Cohran Cream of the Crop  More info | Oct 05, 2006 22:25 | #11 TMR Design wrote in post #2082978  When a picture has a sligtly soft focus is it always the lens or does the auto focus system in the camera contribue to this? does a lens with a soft focus on one camera typically produce the same soft focus on another camera? Soft simply means not crisp. A soft photo can be the result of lens aberrations (usually spherical) when the lens is wide open, or in bad cases, even with the lens stopped down, or it can be the result of camera shake from using too slow a shutter speed while hand holding the camera. Sometimes is can be due to inaccuracy of the camera AF system (back or front focusing). Mark
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tsaraleksi Goldmember  1,653 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Greencastle/Lafayette Indiana, USA More info | Oct 05, 2006 23:10 | #12 Soft-focus can be fun when done with a 135 SF. But that's very different than 'no-details' -- the SF lens is still sharp, just with a softness kinda radiating from the sharp edges. --Alex Editorial Portfolio
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