As mentioned previously, it has a 25 ft. min focusing, which is about a
waist-up portrait. It doesn't have an auto aperature, but I always shoot it
wide open anyway. It performs, believe it or not, as good as the 300 2.8 A
35mm lens in a test I did just a few months ago using a 67 to 35 converter.
I shot hand-held at 500/4 in filtered direct sun (1000/2.8 with the 35).
Side by side slides were indistiguishable, which suprised me. It's a beast
of a lens, but well worth the effort, plus the price is less than half of the
new 400/4, if you can find one. I think the 'softness' is from others
shooting slightly out of focus due to the narrow focus plane...which I've
done plenty too. Just shoot extra film to make sure you get it.
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