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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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s lens before being able to make a clear-cut picturewith an anastigmat lens. Personally, it would seem to methat any beginner should master a rapid rectilinear or anastig-mat lens before he attempts to use a soft-focus lens. In myopinion, he requires the technical experience and preparationthat he receives by mastering sharp lenses; but to say thatit is impossible for a beginner to use a soft-focus lens suc-cessfully until he can use an anastigmat lens, is to court con-tradiction. Hence, I would not care to go on record a-s sayingthat it cannot be done; but should anyone ask my opinion, Ishould favor the mastery of the sharp lens first. Without a doubt, the soft-focus lens is ideally adapted tothe requirements of the camerist who yearns to express himselfin an original manner. But here let me ask how he is toknow what he does or does not want unless he has had priorexperience with other lenses? Let us assume that a beginneris given a new camera fitted with a soft-focus lens. How is 24
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(U in uu o X H o HO wm u H< o he to apply the rules and suggestions of his instruction-book?From the moment that he makes the first exposure, he isworking along lines that are not covered by the one book thatis of greatest service to him in his tyro-days. Mind, I am notsaying that it cannot be done; but it seems to me that theaverage beginner has troubles enough without inviting them.Let us assume once more that he does make excellent picturesand becomes master of his equipment. What is he to do whenhe wishes to use an outfit equipped with a good anastigmatlens ? My reason for mentioning soft-focus lenses is with thedesire to be of some service to those of my readers who maybe contemplating an entrance into photography via the soft-focus-lens route. By all means, enter photography; butremember that it is the successful beginner that gets the mostout of photography. Although I endorse and would pro-mote the use of the soft-focus lens, I would not care to do soin cases w

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