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Thanks for the reply!

I do have soft focus filters from my film camera days. Unfortunately they soften the entire image instead of highlights only.
In Photoshop I create a density mask on the highlights-save it as a channel and then create a new layer and fill it with white
from that mask. I then gaussian blur it and reduce opacity to 15-30 percent depending on the effect. I am still at a loss as to how
this is achieved on television cameras.

Thanks!
From what I have been reading it appears to be an old video technique but I like the effect in photography.

I have watched several television shows and movies where the white hi lights are radiating a halo type effect. I can achieve this in PS but
have not figured out how to do this in camera. It appears to be an over exposure while the mid and shadow tones are unaffected.
Thanks for any info provided!