Mamiya 180mm f/4.5 MAMIYA SEKOR Soft Focus Lens | $398.95 | | |
The 180mm f/4 VSF lens is a compact mid range telephoto lens. It yields a good camera to subject distance, slight flattening of portrait subjects, and exceptional sharpness.
The unique optical design essentially has an "optically correct center," which can produce a sharp image virtually equal to a standard 180mm lens, when an aperture of f/8 or smaller is used. The edges of the lens elements are designed to induce "spherical aberration," which creates a dreamy, soft focus effect when the lens is used a wider apertures than f/8. Unlike common soft focus attachments that simply degrade a sharp image, the RZ 180mm VSF can "build" a soft focus image using its unique combination of spherical aberration and diffusion disks. The result is tremendous creative control for effect from dramatic to subtle.
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