This "soft" B/W style

[daveleo]

"Soft" means, I think, different things to different people.
I use it to mean "soft focus".
In that context, here is a soft photo, using a Minolta MD 50mm/1.4 with a Zeiss Softar #1 filter.
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[Ronald M]

50 Summar makes lovely pics like the ones shown.

Mine seems to have a very pale blue coating.

I have shot with coated Takumars and SMC Taks and see very little difference. The big jump is from uncoated to coated.

 

[charjohncarter]

For sure in the case of Paolo Roversi the combination light, lens and Polaroid emulsion is part of the equation. B&W by Impossible are quite contrasty specially last version but could be worthwhile to try.

I did this with an old SX70 and the B&W film by Impossible.
robert

This is why I use a plastic lens off my old Polaroid ColorPak II on my Pentax 6x7.

 

[shorelineae]

Wonderful photo

Wonderful photo

What a wonderful photo!

Here's a scan of a neg from an Adox Start 6x9 folder with a simple 105mm f6.3 Steinheil-Cassar lens (a basic three element anastigmat lens design). TMY400 in Rodinal 1+50.

Sharp but a soft, low contrast image.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

For sure in the case of Paolo Roversi the combination light, lens and Polaroid emulsion is part of the equation. B&W by Impossible are quite contrasty specially last version but could be worthwhile to try.

I did this with an old SX70 and the B&W film by Impossible.
robert

Beautiful image Robert!