Reply nr. 1000

Sorry

Here is one more from my few days using the Phase One P45+ for the first time. I must say that the detail produced by this back is just incredible. And if you missed my prior posts, this was with the Mamiya 645AFDII with the Mamiya 105-210AF lens.

Thanks for sharing your viewpoint, is appreciated

But post number 1001, alas.

Jeremy

one more from a recent series. h2 & aptus 22

Typical wackiness from the desert.

Mamiya 645AFD II, Phase One P30+ Back

A few from last month:












/Samuel

portrait with window light

Some more Beauty's I finished the other day..
They go with 2 others I post near the beginning of this thread...
:+}
Again
Mamiya RZII 180mm P30......
Snook
Not sure how they are going to post b/c they are low jpegs I sen the magazine...?
If bad I will re-post them higher res...
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You are posting some great photos!

Can I ask why you chose the Phase One P30+ instead of a different model or a Leaf or Sinar or Hassy or.... Just a brief answer would be great, not looking to create a thread of arguments, just looking for your thoughts.

Thanks!

Thanks a lot Ian...
My reasoning...
Already was familiar with Mamiya and I actually had no way to try anything before I bought it so I researched and researched and a lot of help from people in here helped me a lot.
I also DID NOT like the Leaf Battery and Fan deal.. threw me off.
I also had a good offer for a whole package including RZII lens and the P30 back used with 1 Year warranty. That also helped a lot.
Where I live Unfortunately it is in South America and they are backwards ass here..
Everything is a pain in the butt here, starting with the clients do not Pay extra for anything, VERY ANNOYING.
So I could not factor in the cost and went with the best deal at the time I could get.
Also from shopping around on the net I finally came to the conclusion the P30 which I have Not the + series, was the most durable of the backs. I never came across anybody that had any problems with theirs...
Sending in and out of customs here is a pain in the butt so I wanted the least trouble possible.
Also I have been using C-1 by Phase with my Canons since the Beginning and always like to the RAW converter.

I am actually thinking about either moving up to the P30+ series...
Unfortunately , Again, where I live my clients do not pay more for having Better equipment so I have to eat the cost which are HIGH. Especially down here.
I would love to have Phase some how sponsor me and would love to get a discount to move up to the P30+...Yeh I know it probably won't happen, But Leaf has contacted in the past to have some kind of Sponsor ship but nothing has been concrete.
I basically went with Phase because I thought it would be the one with less troubles in the long run.
I have an offer right now to trade up my P30 for a P30+ and new Phase camera kit for 13,500 usa $ more or less but I really have not made any profit from the P30 to be able an upgrade..
South America is not the Money making market....
I do fine, but all extras are b/c I want or need them.
I go against guys shooting 5D's for the same Price range...
Again b/c the Clients are stupid here....:+}
Thanks fro the comments and feel free to e-mail me with any more questions!
I am shooting the P30 with the RZII and AFDII at the moment.
Snook



PS. wanted to add...
There are so many bonehead people in the agencies (art directors/retouchers) usually screw up the files before they get printed whether it is from a 5D or a P45 with all the photoshopping and not watching how the Blacks are going to print up and they screw the image up 90% of the time..
Very Frustrating , But still Better than nothing...:+]

Thank you Snook (Eric)!

Good answers, I appreciate your taking the time!

Also great work on your website!

2 images from March that I forgot to post.

H1/100mm & P30+

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View from my studio at midnight after the Netherlands-France soccer match. Everything maxed out. H2/CF39/HC300/ISO400/32s

I wished Hasselblad would come out with really long exposures to get the sky totally mushed. One of these days I expect my 13 & 10stops ND's. Should be fun to use these during daylight

Hup Holland!

Tonight the 3rd match against Romania. Everything is getting orange again

do you really have to remind me back to this night?



Thierry

if you have any influence: ask them to play with their best possible team against Romania!



Thierry

Sorry Thierry

It was a fantastic night though, at least for some of us. Fantastic match for the Dutch and the neutral soccer lover. Maybe not so for the French

I am pretty sure they will want to win. The coach is not the type of guy to give anything away. So it is up to the French to do their thing because I am pretty confident the Dutch want to win.

The players that come in to replace the ones with yellow cards & those that need to get fit for the quarter finals will be highly motivated as well.

AFDII/P30/55-110
Marc
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Another one from the same night. H2/CF39/HC300/ISO200/32s

was kind of kidding, though it was a hell of a night! And I do wish the "oranje" a title they deserve since the 70's and their Ajax wonderful team.

Let's hope you're right.



Thierry

Beautiful image but what am I looking at? I see a mountain above the clouds but below a hilly landscape?

nice image, Marc, but where is it?

Thierry

From a walk on Sunday. H3D-39 HC28.

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Woody

Hi Ed, could we swap prints here ? I'd like to swap my incredible hulk for your first desert shot ...

Edmund

180mm on Mamiya RB67 with H20.

Probably, but I can't locate your incredible hulk shot to wonder at your awesome talent.

Did you post it?

Hi,
I'm back from the trip to LA, met a lot of nice people and shot way too much.

These three were shot during two workshops I taught on the 7th and 8th with a wonderful ferrari Dino (first owner )



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Frank

I just Love My RZ...:+]
This for a client shot the other day...
A little young for my normal Clientele but I like how they came out..
I do my retouching and for those that retouch I think they appreciate the quality even more than the photographer in MFDB files..
I sure do..
Every time I open a file I am still amazed at the Quality...
Snook

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ya Snook - thats an understatement - I've been doing post work for years, the MFDB files are always the best...

Mauna Kea, Big Island of Hawaii
Just off the upper road from Hawi to Waimea (route 250)
I hiked to the top of a cinder mound to get the shot
The peak is at 14,000' and the bottom around 2000'
The vog is making sunsets red these days
Marc

that is totally a sick shot !!
wonderful !

Another From a more classic client but I liked this....
RZII with the 65mm Cropped in pretty tight..
Yet another advantage to the 30 megapixel and up backs is the ability to really crop in on an image and still retain printable images...
Never got that on the Canon...:+}
Snook
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Today Roosmarijn visited the studio for a quick session.
Main reason was to test the Mamiya RZ67ProII with the Leaf Aptus digital back.
Shot was done with the 110mm f2.8 lens.
And a new focus screen is on order although the shots turned out sharp focussing was problematic with low key settings.





Greetings,
Frank

Frank your doing a lot of post right?
The really Plastic skin is all post right?
I have always noticed the Leaf system looking plasticy but usually your the only one posting semi fashion Lifestyle type pictures that you turn really plastic the skin always on your models..
Is that all post?
I always heard that leaf guys say the same about Phase...But I only have your images that you post to go by, which are really Post Processed..
Your a curios question, not that anything there is anything wrong with plasticy skin...:+}
Snook
Just wondering..

Question for Frank and Snook.

Since both of you are using 645 AFDII and RZ67 Pro II, how would you compare the two systems
in usage as well as the results? Any input on strengths and weaknesses for studio fashion and beauty work would be much appreciated.

Richard

@Snook.
Downscaling does alot of harm for the way I process the images.

I compared the Imacon (hassy), Phase one and Leaf before I bought and the Leaf had the best skintones and shadow detail, very closely followed by Phase one.
I do some skin smoothing but most of the problems is the downconversion to the net, and I hate to do my work twice, once for the net and once for the prints

@rgmoore,
This was my first test session with the RZ67 ProII.
What I CAN say is that the contrast of the RZ lenses seem to be better than from the Mamiya 645, also small details like chains etc. seem to have a more 3D look, which is probarbly due to the contrast.
But I really have to shoot more to be sure.
First I will wait for the new focusscreen.
Outside focussing is no problem, also with alot of lights no problems, but this session I used alot of striplights and than focussing became very problematic, it can be done by the way, but I like to shoot handhold and faster than the RZ allows me now.

Frank your going to love it with the new focus screen..:+}
I had the same problem,Different Story, got a new screen and you can not take the RZII out of hands now...:+}
Which screen did you get?
Anyways enjoy.. your going to love it..
PS. Get the 140 Macro if you can.. it is sweet also..:+}
Snook

I ordered the brighter screen, somehow I got the best vibes from that one
I ordered #5, prism with the diagonal split.
And they will engrave the crop lines in it.

Total costs arround 375.00 US with shipping.

I already liked working with the RZ, but it's a bit getting used to the left/right
Felt a bit seasick after the shoot, but it will get better I think when I don't have to think about focussing only.

at the moment I own the 110mm f2.8, 95 and 180mm 3.5
I will look into different lenses when I have everything working the way I want.

The funny thing is when you change back to the 645AFD/II the viewer seems like poststamp.

We’ve been in Alaska now going on three weeks and currently in Homer. Went out earlier this morning and found ourselves in 2 Sisters Bakery. Fresh coffee, rolls..you get the idea. Anyway I had my Mamiya/P30+ along with the 28mm lens and took a fast handhold shot from inside and this was the result; landscape of a slightly different venue.

don

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The hot sticky buns from the 2 Sisters Bakery is not to be missed!
(I see'em in the bakery case!)

Paris in the morning before starting work on a more mediocre interior shoot.

H3D 1/500 f5.6 handheld

cheers
m*

where did you order it from?
And please let us know how it turns out..
I went with just the Vertical Split screen from Mamiya and it was a Huge improvement over the "normal" screen.
Please let us know which and how you like it..
350.00 sounds kind of high..?
Thanks
Snook

Looked at your third image and my immediate thought was that the dog is wondering, "When is she going to start running?"

Like the first one, though.

Mike.

http://www.brightscreen.com/flash.html

Pricing is about the same as Maxwell and Beattie as far as I can see.
I hope to receive it in 2 weeks.
It should be 3-4 times brighter than the standard Mamiya focus screens.

On a recent travel shoot in India for an Interior Mag...

No tripods allowed, Alpa set on the ground with digitar lens and rise, Sinar 75LV..

sharpest lens I've ever seen...

Murray

Murray, That's a great shot! What a location! Jim

I am surprised that rubber feet of tripods are not allowed either? Where was the location, was it a temple or a new hotel?
Eitherway a great shot.

It's a Jain temple in Rajasthan...

Most major temples in India or heritage listed sites have banned tripods altogether with little exception...

Some details too attached.

Murray