The more I play with this lens, the more I learn about how it "thinks."

The Verito, and probably a lot of other "soft focus" lenses, reacts most favorably to high contrast situations. Subtle shadings don't allow for the coma to shine out. Here is a shot taken in a very high contrast environment -- in a pine forest where there was dense foreground against very light background. I opened the lens to it's maximum (f/4) and held a Kodak 6-stop ND filter in front. The neg is thinner than I anticipated, but the stuff is there none-the-less. 8x10 Arista 200 (aka Foma 200).

To me, this is a keeper.

George