How about the Meyer Primoplan? Open, it's pretty soft..., and of course, the Biotar... P.J. Nebergall On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:42:40 +0000 Joe B <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Joe B <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxx> sent the following at 17:48 -0000 on > Wednesday, January 10, 2007: > > >I'm wondering about the Triotar lens. Do people who've used it like > the > >effect for wide-aperture portraits and such where a hard, sharp > look is > >not the desired result? > > I found an answer to this part in the archives, relating to a > question > about Rolleisoft filters; > > ===================================== > > My solution is to shoot lenses that have un- or > under-corrected spherical wide open, as the classic portrait lenses > have. In the past, I've had pretty good luck in MF shooting fast > triplets like the Zeiss Triotar found on the old Rolleicords. I also > have a Welta 66 folder with a 75/2.9 Meyers Trioplan which is really > nice for this application. > > Eric Goldstein > > ===================================== > > I'm on the right track! But any other feedback on the Triotar look > would > be very helpful. > > Joe B. > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list