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SOFT FOCUS LENS [3 records]

Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optical Instruments
  • Cinematography
OBS

one of the most effective ways of softening the image is to use a special -- (...) deliberately undercorrected for spherical aberration, with the result that (...) the marginal parts superimpose an unsharp image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Cinématographie
OBS

--objectif créé (...) pour la photographie à contours estompés. (...) il avait été conçu avec une correction imparfaite de l'aberration chromatique

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optical Instruments
  • Cinematography
OBS

one of the most effective ways of softening the image is to use a special -- (...) deliberately undercorrected for spherical aberration, with the result that (...) the marginal parts superimpose an unsharp image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Cinématographie
OBS

--, dits aussi "objectifs à flou artistique". (...) [ce sont] des objectifs qui, tout en corrigeant dans l'ensemble les aberrations, en ont volontairement laissé subsister une partie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optical Instruments
CONT

There are several ways of arriving at a soft focus image: by using a soft focus lens in the camera, by using a diffusion attachment on the camera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Instruments d'optique
CONT

On cherche parfois à donner aux lignes de l'image un certain degré d'enveloppement. C'est alors un «flou» volontaire, que l'on obtient par l'emploi d'un objectif à flou ou d'une bonnette diffusante.

Spanish

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