On 2020-09-19 12:19, newshound wrote:
On 15/09/2020 00:55, RichA wrote:
They make me curious.Â* I've seen some weird effects, plus you can
determine what kind of diaphragm the lens had.Â* But I did see
something odd the other day.Â* Looks like the lens had something over it.

https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/171038482

Pretty common in the Hollywood days to use a gauze to soften portraits
of ladies of a certain age.

In some older TV shows the transition from a soft filter on one actor to
no filter on another was easily seen. Harder to film them both together
though...

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