Anon08/26/25, 08:12No.4462742
I think this pic really sucks, but at least I got a test shot with the new cooke IV portrait lens. I screwed up focus, but the in focus parts are really quite sharp.
There is no glowy softness, which means you need large aperture + softness dial turned up to get soft effect. Makes sense considering that the softness comes from spherical aberration, I think. It will be very challenging to balance DoF with soft effect for still lifes.Tommorow I try again with a larger aperture, and different subject. Either way these old ass lenses are really quite impressive.