Soft focus (English Wikipedia)

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Hurter, Bill (1983). Techniques of portrait photography. Master class photography. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. p. 113. ISBN 0-13-900621-4. Soft focus or diffusion on the camera lens minimizes facial defects and can instantly take years off an elderly subject. Softer images are more flattering than portraits in which every facial detail is visible. Soft-focus images have also come to connote a romantic mood in portraits and pictorial photography.
Bernstein, Gary (1985). Pro techniques of beauty & glamour photography. HPBooks. p. 7. ISBN 0-89586-364-2. LCCN 85-60457. Retrieved 2024-07-29. An image can be softened with the use of a good diffusion attachment. In my beauty and glamour photography, the subject or client frequently prefers a soft-focus version. The diffusion can take place when the camera exposure is made, or later. ... I've achieved wonderful results with diffusers I made myself. As base, I use glass ultraviolet (UV) filters or sheets of acetate. On this base I spray commercial fixative in varying densities, depending on the degree of softening I want.
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US Patent 4124276A, Yukio Okano; Akyoshi Nakamura & Toshinobu Ogura, "Soft focus lens system", published 1978-11-07, assigned to Minolta Co., Ltd.

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坂井田富三 (2023-05-15). "【オールドレンズ】球面収差による優しいフレアが魅力的なレンズ清原光学「キヨハラソフト VK50R 50mm F4.5」" [[Old Lens] Kiyohara Optical's 'Kiyohara Soft VK50R 50mm F4.5' is an attractive lens with gentle flare caused by spherical aberration]. Sha Sha (blog) (in Japanese). Kitamura. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
坂井田富三 (2023-05-15). "【オールドレンズ】「ベス単フード外し」の描写が得られるレンズ清原光学キヨハラソフト VK70R 70mm F5" [[Old Lens] The lens with image quality like the Vestan with the hood removed: Kiyohara Optical 'Kiyohara Soft VK70R 70mm F5']. Sha Sha (blog) (in Japanese). Kitamura. Retrieved 2024-09-09.

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坂井田富三 (2022-10-31). "【オールドレンズ】標準画角のソフトフォーカスレンズ「ケンコー MC SOFT 45mm F4.5」" [[Old lens] Soft focus normal lens 'Kenko MC SOFT 45mm F4.5']. Sha Sha (blog) (in Japanese). Kitamura. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

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Bernstein, Gary (1985). Pro techniques of beauty & glamour photography. HPBooks. p. 7. ISBN 0-89586-364-2. LCCN 85-60457. Retrieved 2024-07-29. An image can be softened with the use of a good diffusion attachment. In my beauty and glamour photography, the subject or client frequently prefers a soft-focus version. The diffusion can take place when the camera exposure is made, or later. ... I've achieved wonderful results with diffusers I made myself. As base, I use glass ultraviolet (UV) filters or sheets of acetate. On this base I spray commercial fixative in varying densities, depending on the degree of softening I want.
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