Shaocaholica
04-17-2007, 04:33 PM
*To avoid confusion, the 135mm STF is NOT a soft focus lens*
Back in 1999, Minolta came out with a pretty cool 135mm f/2.8 portrait lens with a special apodization filter built into it. Its not an external filter but a concave shaped ND filter in on of the middle lens elements. Anyway, because of this filter, the lens produces a very smooth bokeh. Would a lens like this be too weird for video? I'm pretty sure no serious attempt has been made to use this lens for video and there are no cine lenses like it. When I think of film lenses I think of harsh bokeh, at least in films I remember.
-Here is a good article/review explaining how it works- (http://dyxum.com/columns/articles/lenses/SAL-135F28/Sony-AF-135-STF-SAL-135F28_review.asp)
http://dyxum.com/columns/articles/lenses/SAL-135F28/7D-2006-12-26-1506369990.jpg
http://dyxum.com/columns/articles/lenses/SAL-135F28/7D-2007-01-03-1239120101.jpg
Back in 1999, Minolta came out with a pretty cool 135mm f/2.8 portrait lens with a special apodization filter built into it. Its not an external filter but a concave shaped ND filter in on of the middle lens elements. Anyway, because of this filter, the lens produces a very smooth bokeh. Would a lens like this be too weird for video? I'm pretty sure no serious attempt has been made to use this lens for video and there are no cine lenses like it. When I think of film lenses I think of harsh bokeh, at least in films I remember.
-Here is a good article/review explaining how it works- (http://dyxum.com/columns/articles/lenses/SAL-135F28/Sony-AF-135-STF-SAL-135F28_review.asp)
http://dyxum.com/columns/articles/lenses/SAL-135F28/7D-2006-12-26-1506369990.jpg
http://dyxum.com/columns/articles/lenses/SAL-135F28/7D-2007-01-03-1239120101.jpg